The Fair Share Report

4 Aster Ter

Mendham, NJ 07945

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

≈ $774,712

Likely range $678,003 – $876,020, from 12 comparable Mendham sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,750 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

71.81%

The state's official measure of how far Mendham assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $774,712 home should be assessed near $556,321.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$460,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $96,221 below what the ratio math suggests (17.3%).

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

$2.526 per $100 assessed

$1.661 Schools · 66% $0.302 County · 12% $0.563 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,622/yr
Public schools$7,642
Morris County$1,390
Town of Mendham$2,590
Mendham average$17,555

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

Town median 58.7%
This home · 59.4%

43%88%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Mendham'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
81 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-06$785,0001,76853.7%
63 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-05$900,0001,80054.6%
15 LAKE DR2025-06$730,0001,64956.2%
5 HAMPTON RD2025-08$685,0001,81666.5%
38 W MAIN ST2026-05$900,0002,32360.1%
47 W MAIN ST2025-05$859,0001,71652.9%
49 W MAIN ST2025-07$699,0001,25653.8%
89 TALMAGE RD2026-03$995,0001,87249.1%
6 EMERY AVE2025-07$575,0001,54766.8%
9 FLORIE FARM RD2025-03$1,112,0001,82451.8%
16 WEXFORD DR2025-07$735,0001,67648.9%
7 HALSTEAD RD2025-02$715,0001,90162.8%

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