The Fair Share Report

427 Lyons Rd

Bernards, NJ 07920

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

≈ $1,401,737

Likely range $1,034,852 – $1,654,123, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,401,737 home should be assessed near $1,333,332.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,223,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $110,032 below what the ratio math suggests (8.3%).

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

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

This home's own bill implies $1.638 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$20,042/yr
Public schools$13,001
Somerset County$3,657
Town of Bernards$3,384
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 87.3%

69%124%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards'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
40 RANKIN AVE2026-06$1,500,0003,16991.3%
9 CROSS RD2025-01$1,075,0003,07298.0%
27 WOODSTONE RD2026-03$1,370,0002,53281.3%
33 BRITTANY PL2025-06$1,450,0003,16893.9%
14 PHEASANT RUN DR2025-06$1,750,0003,02485.0%
36 DEBRA LN2026-05$1,302,0003,24177.8%
134 SPENCER RD2026-05$1,100,0002,58285.8%
79 DYCKMAN PL2026-05$1,600,0003,03582.9%
18 VAN DORN RD2025-06$980,0002,888100.2%
200 WOODS END2025-05$1,675,0003,29091.2%
21 PITNEY CT2025-01$1,758,0003,36493.9%
45 POND HILL RD2025-02$1,300,0003,37898.3%

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