The Fair Share Report

42 Stanton Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08741

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

≈ $740,846

Likely range $668,875 – $836,943, 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 $740,846 home should be assessed near $392,278.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$418,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $25,722 above what the ratio math suggests (6.6%).

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 $2.530 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,576/yr
Public schools$4,953
Ocean County$2,377
Town of Berkeley$3,246
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 56.4%

30%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
449 MONTGOMERY ST2025-11$800,0002,38842.0%
361 EASTERN BLVD2025-05$620,0002,57456.5%
51 AMHERST DR2025-08$950,0002,40056.2%
25 STOLLMAN ST2026-04$775,0002,72349.7%
12 MICHELLE LN2025-02$655,0002,47855.7%
421 PRINCETON AVE2025-05$675,0002,30449.4%
50 PLEASANT VALLEY CT2025-01$809,0003,09751.1%
324 NOLAN AVE2025-10$770,0002,53850.6%
394 NIXON AVE2025-12$885,0002,80241.7%
4 SANDER WAY2025-06$765,0002,78055.7%
281 EVERGREEN DR2026-04$1,200,0002,23747.1%
18 FOURTH AVE2026-02$605,0002,55651.0%

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