The Fair Share Report

4 Pine Tree Ter

Madison, NJ 07940

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

≈ $1,136,365

Likely range $1,033,105 – $1,303,205, from 12 comparable Madison sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,983 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

60.22%

The state's official measure of how far Madison assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,136,365 home should be assessed near $684,319.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$641,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $42,519 below what the ratio math suggests (6.2%).

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

$2.254 per $100 assessed

$1.423 Schools · 63% $0.350 County · 16% $0.481 Town · 21%

Step 5 · The bill

$14,466/yr
Public schools$9,133
Morris County$2,246
Town of Madison$3,087
Madison average$15,897

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

Town median 55.4%
This home · 56.5%

41%77%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Madison'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
150 LOANTAKA WAY2025-07$1,085,0001,93754.9%
6 VALLEY RD2025-04$1,225,0001,86449.9%
56 KNOLLWOOD AVE2026-06$1,450,0002,06242.1%
175 GREEN VILLAGE RD2026-03$1,310,0002,32553.3%
8 ANTHONY DR2025-12$1,100,0001,87648.1%
1 SPRING GARDEN DR2025-07$1,150,0001,99340.2%
18 HILLCREST RD2026-01$1,375,0001,85656.8%
55 VALLEY RD2025-05$1,110,0001,71850.1%
150 CENTRAL AVE2025-09$1,050,0002,10056.6%
53 HIGHLAND AVE2026-01$875,0001,87659.2%
8 PINE TREE TER2025-06$735,0001,65171.4%
19 HIGHVIEW TER2026-04$1,310,0002,28658.3%

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