The Fair Share Report

386 Wheaton Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08721

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.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $682,704

Likely range $542,203 – $745,715, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $682,704 home should be assessed near $361,492.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$342,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $19,192 below what the ratio math suggests (5.3%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Berkeley home

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,866/yr
Public schools$4,152
Ocean County$1,992
Town of Berkeley$2,721
Berkeley average$5,442

This home vs. every recent Berkeley sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 46.3%
This home · 50.1%

30%69%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
288 PRINCETON AVE2025-04$720,0002,19246.8%
4 SADDLE RIDGE COURT2025-11$700,0002,22650.0%
452 NORTHERN BLVD2026-01$550,0002,21256.7%
281 EVERGREEN DR2026-04$1,200,0002,23747.1%
365 HOPEDALE DR SE2026-04$740,0002,22344.8%
6 KEY LARGO CT2026-01$675,0002,42548.0%
51 AMHERST DR2025-08$950,0002,40056.2%
262 GRAND CENTRAL PKWY2025-06$775,0002,28645.5%
13 SKIMMER LANE2026-03$490,0002,00453.1%
14 OSPREY LANE2025-07$540,0002,00455.3%
6 OSPREY LANE2025-06$520,0002,00449.6%
1 OSPREY LANE2025-04$660,0002,00445.2%

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