The Fair Share Report
38 Second St
Dover, NJ 07801
The town corrects for market drift once a year — but only on average. This report measures whether this house drifted with the herd or away from it.
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Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $474,250 – $634,760, from 12 comparable Dover sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).
Step 2 · The Director's Ratio
The state's official measure of how far Dover assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $578,078 home should be assessed near $354,824.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $66,324 below what the ratio math suggests (18.7%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Dover home
$1.500 Schools · 43% $0.346 County · 10% $1.643 Town · 47%
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Dover sale · assessed ÷ market
33%76%
Paying about right
This home's ratio lands inside Dover's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 LINWOOD AVE | 2025-10 | $550,000 | 2,418 | 69.5% |
| 185 ANN ST | 2025-07 | $585,000 | 2,023 | 48.7% |
| 170 PARK HEIGHTS AVE | 2026-04 | $500,000 | 1,912 | 50.0% |
| 42 ELENA PL | 2025-01 | $590,000 | 2,110 | 46.0% |
| 1 ROCKRIDGE TER | 2026-01 | $610,000 | 2,797 | 69.0% |
| 48 BYRAM AVE | 2025-11 | $520,000 | 1,970 | 58.4% |
| 28 ELIZABETH ST | 2025-02 | $561,500 | 2,100 | 62.8% |
| 7 JESSICA LN | 2026-04 | $630,000 | 1,952 | 50.6% |
| 2 HILLCREST AVE | 2025-02 | $515,000 | 2,259 | 55.2% |
| 21 LIBERTY ST | 2025-07 | $535,000 | 1,836 | 52.6% |
| 71 RESERVOIR AVE | 2025-10 | $637,000 | 2,093 | 45.4% |
| 43 BAKER ST | 2025-03 | $600,000 | 1,824 | 52.9% |
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