The Fair Share Report

417 Main St

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

≈ $535,728

Likely range $487,359 – $625,359, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,881 sq ft.

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 $535,728 home should be assessed near $283,668.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$215,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $68,468 below what the ratio math suggests (24.1%).

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%

Step 5 · The bill

$5,574/yr
Public schools$2,610
Ocean County$1,252
Town of Berkeley$1,711
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 40.2%

29%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
217 NO BAY DR2025-12$635,0001,91057.2%
69 MALLARD RD2025-12$470,0001,81457.1%
310 ATLANTIC CITY AVE2025-07$495,0001,75046.9%
61 CHARLOTTEVILLE DR S2025-10$504,9001,95644.7%
68 MALLARD RD2025-03$405,0002,05058.8%
38 BELMONT AVE2025-12$495,0001,73651.8%
12 CARLYLE DR2025-07$700,0001,97079.0%
767 JAMAICA BLVD2026-06$540,0001,89630.3%
26 BELMONT AVE2025-05$467,5001,71250.3%
3 DRAKE DR2025-09$670,0001,88459.9%
265 CYPRESS DR2025-11$1,055,0001,87351.3%
13 CANARIES CT2025-08$490,0001,76234.4%

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