The Fair Share Report

4 Clark St

Summit, NJ 07901

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

Good news — this home pays less than its share

Its assessment sits low relative to what homes like it actually sell for. An appeal would only invite a fresh look at a number working in the owner's favor.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $989,553

Likely range $760,563 – $1,151,525, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $989,553 home should be assessed near $304,881.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$149,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $154,981 below what the ratio math suggests (50.8%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$6,702/yr
Public schools$3,501
Union County$1,637
Town of Summit$1,564
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 15.1%

8%41%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
24 GREENFIELD AVENUE2025-11$869,0001,52228.0%
10 WOODFERN RD2025-04$990,0001,41429.7%
53 MADISON AVE2025-07$1,150,0001,54421.3%
55 HIGH ST2025-08$1,436,1351,50420.4%
52 HUNTLEY RD2025-05$624,0001,65426.2%
1 MILTON AVE2026-05$980,0001,67024.9%
172 COLONIAL RD2025-10$1,100,0001,45822.6%
127 BUTLER PKWY2026-02$890,5991,39824.3%
14 STONY HILL CT2025-06$1,120,0001,70030.8%
57 MICHIGAN AVE2025-09$715,0001,49627.9%
28 SHUNPIKE RD2026-03$851,0001,58433.1%
19 TULIP ST2025-11$700,0001,59342.5%

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