The Fair Share Report

426 Third 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

≈ $557,692

Likely range $475,300 – $905,326, 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 $557,692 home should be assessed near $295,298.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$249,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $45,998 below what the ratio math suggests (15.6%).

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%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,457/yr
Public schools$3,024
Ocean County$1,451
Town of Berkeley$1,982
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 44.7%

22%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
234 SECOND AVE2025-12$589,0002,04948.4%
28 DOLPHIN CIRCLE WEST2025-06$580,0002,08448.4%
236 CEDAR DR2025-02$824,9001,84046.9%
100 TWENTIETH AVE2025-04$982,5001,94552.2%
419 SECOND AVE2026-06$600,0002,37441.1%
414 THIRD AVE2026-06$620,0002,41440.2%
329 BAYVIEW AVE2025-01$980,0001,89854.1%
535 EASTERN BLVD2025-12$580,0001,97646.8%
22 DOLPHIN CIRCLE WEST2026-03$580,0001,81743.9%
4 BRANCHWOOD PL2026-05$640,0001,89051.8%
24 CHUTNEY ST2026-06$420,0001,82942.2%
206 ROANOKE AVE2026-02$995,0002,31942.3%

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