The Fair Share Report

403 Second Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08757

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

≈ $355,420

Likely range $319,611 – $425,827, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $355,420 home should be assessed near $188,195.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$144,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $43,895 below what the ratio math suggests (23.3%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

This home's own bill implies $2.052 per $100 — well off the general rate. That usually means the town revalued since the last bill.

Step 5 · The bill

$2,960/yr
Public schools$1,386
Ocean County$665
Town of Berkeley$909
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 40.6%

28%68%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
257 SANDLEWOOD DR2026-03$740,0001,24848.6%
17 KILLINGTON RD2025-04$330,0001,09559.2%
317 BAYVIEW AVE2025-04$710,0001,43564.7%
16 SHERIDAN RD2025-10$379,9001,45140.4%
110 SANDPIPER LN2025-07$340,0001,41858.1%
51 GOOD LUCK DRIVE2026-04$940,0001,05625.5%
326 JAMAICA BLVD2025-02$379,0001,35637.6%
49 WESTPORT DR2025-08$325,0001,36038.7%
117 SANDPIPER LN2026-01$290,0001,44870.6%
42 PORTSMOUTH DR2025-03$340,0001,44053.1%
46 AUBURN RD2025-11$307,5001,36039.6%
18 WESTPORT DR2025-09$330,0001,36039.1%

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