The Fair Share Report

40 Berkeley Cir

Bernards, NJ 07920

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

≈ $1,263,938

Likely range $1,009,975 – $1,558,594, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,263,938 home should be assessed near $1,202,258.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,315,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $113,042 above what the ratio math suggests (9.4%).

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

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

This home's own bill implies $1.531 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$20,134/yr
Public schools$13,061
Somerset County$3,674
Town of Bernards$3,399
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 104.1%

79%136%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards'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
14 PHEASANT RUN DR2025-06$1,750,0003,02485.0%
18 VAN DORN RD2025-06$980,0002,888100.2%
46 DEXTER DR N2025-03$880,0002,75895.1%
79 DYCKMAN PL2026-05$1,600,0003,03582.9%
56 TUXFORD TER2026-06$1,125,0002,80797.5%
70 SPRING HOUSE LN2025-04$1,540,0003,22793.1%
33 BRITTANY PL2025-06$1,450,0003,16893.9%
10 LAFAYETTE LN2025-02$999,0003,39099.6%
115 BERKELEY CIR2026-05$1,275,0002,45488.6%
200 WOODS END2025-05$1,675,0003,29091.2%
1273 MT AIRY RD2025-04$970,0002,75695.8%
20 MANCHESTER DR2025-06$1,036,0332,79094.3%

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