The Fair Share Report

400 Mountain Rd

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

≈ $1,674,023

Likely range $1,300,904 – $1,806,580, 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 $1,674,023 home should be assessed near $1,592,331.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,563,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $28,431 below what the ratio math suggests (1.8%).

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 $1.568 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$24,515/yr
Public schools$15,903
Somerset County$4,473
Town of Bernards$4,139
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 93.4%

80%126%

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
205 DOUGLAS RD2025-05$1,627,0003,96695.7%
380 WHITENACK RD2025-05$1,390,0004,497101.2%
321 SOMERVILLE RD2025-05$1,868,5004,22095.6%
64 MORGAN LN2025-02$1,535,0004,56995.8%
58 MORGAN LN2026-02$1,495,0004,67596.7%
142 ANNIN RD2025-01$1,105,0003,05396.7%
46 DEXTER DR N2025-03$880,0002,75895.1%
23 GALLOPING HILL RD2026-05$2,550,0004,30968.2%
5 CARRIAGE WAY2025-06$1,825,0004,40095.4%
105 ANNIN RD2026-03$2,400,0004,19373.1%
15 RIVERSIDE DR2025-06$1,851,0004,28194.5%
54 BERTA PL2026-05$2,524,0004,28382.2%

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