The Fair Share Report

41 Ford Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08721

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

≈ $388,537

Likely range $314,588 – $460,213, 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 $388,537 home should be assessed near $205,730.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$216,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $11,170 above what the ratio math suggests (5.4%).

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 $2.475 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$5,368/yr
Public schools$2,514
Ocean County$1,206
Town of Berkeley$1,648
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 55.8%

30%74%

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
9 WESTBROOK DR2025-01$251,0001,31879.7%
153 FT DE FRANCE AVE2025-02$319,9001,2645.6%
265 LATIMER AVE2025-12$371,2501,33447.6%
3 MONTEGO ST2026-05$264,5001,23287.5%
36 GEORGETOWN DR2025-10$339,0001,23256.9%
493 ST THOMAS DR2025-05$318,5001,23223.2%
12 BAY BLVD2025-06$425,0001,23249.7%
38 ST DAVID DR2026-01$385,0001,214102.9%
335 WESTERN BLVD2025-07$400,0001,32645.2%
327 HAYES AVE2025-04$480,0001,36844.2%
22 WOODLAND RD2025-06$465,0001,23250.4%
80 WESTBROOK DR2025-09$220,0001,210104.4%

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