The Fair Share Report

39 Tanager Ct

Wayne, NJ 07470

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

≈ $528,203

Likely range $494,282 – $553,695, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,478 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

35.82%

The state's official measure of how far Wayne assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $528,203 home should be assessed near $189,202.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$180,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $8,302 below what the ratio math suggests (4.4%).

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

$5.998 per $100 assessed

$3.337 Schools · 56% $1.251 County · 21% $1.409 Town · 23%

Step 5 · The bill

$10,850/yr
Public schools$6,038
Passaic County$2,263
Town of Wayne$2,549
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 34.2%

19%47%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wayne'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
66 SHEARWATER LANE2025-02$588,7001,47831.3%
67 SHEARWATER LANE2025-01$530,0001,47834.6%
611 BRITTANY DR2025-10$460,0001,45131.4%
511 BRITTANY DR2026-04$515,0001,45128.0%
146 GARSIDE AVE2026-02$500,0001,54830.4%
144 GARSIDE AVE2025-11$535,0001,54828.1%
40 LITTLEWOOD CT2026-04$600,0001,61729.3%
44 LITTLEWOOD CT2026-03$588,1601,57027.3%
6 HANSEN PLACE2026-04$605,0001,61624.4%
9 HANSEN PLACE2025-04$628,7501,61623.7%
15 LITTLEWOOD CT2026-05$625,0001,61726.6%
703 FOUR SEASONS DR2026-06$510,0001,52529.9%

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