The Fair Share Report

4 E 86th St

Harvey Cedars, NJ 08077

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

≈ $2,123,312

Likely range $1,716,741 – $2,621,087, from 12 comparable Harvey Cedars sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.42%

The state's official measure of how far Harvey Cedars assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $2,123,312 home should be assessed near $1,113,040.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$838,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $274,740 below what the ratio math suggests (24.7%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Harvey Cedars home

$1.112 per $100 assessed

$0.253 Schools · 23% $0.541 County · 49% $0.317 Town · 29%

Step 5 · The bill

$9,322/yr
Public schools$2,123
Ocean County$4,539
Town of Harvey Cedars$2,660
Harvey Cedars average$12,503

This home vs. every recent Harvey Cedars sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 46.1%
This home · 39.5%

27%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Harvey Cedars'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
12-A E ESSEX AVE2025-09$2,700,0001,87075.4%
9 BUCKINGHAM AVE2025-03$2,445,0001,71840.8%
8306 BAY TERRACE2025-02$2,740,0001,95254.3%
5 E 73RD ST2026-05$1,999,9991,93240.0%
14 BUCKINGHAM AVE2025-08$1,465,0001,64256.3%
24 MAIDEN LANE2026-05$2,200,0001,83646.0%
3 W 75TH ST2025-06$1,350,0001,77637.4%
9 E 80TH ST2026-01$2,799,0002,07458.1%
9 WILLIAM ST2026-05$2,680,0002,14434.2%
6501 HOLLY AVE2025-04$2,300,0002,26739.3%
11 E ESSEX AVE2026-01$1,995,0001,21969.1%
2 E CUMBERLAND AVE2025-09$1,599,0001,58443.5%

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