The Fair Share Report

437 First St

Middlesex, NJ 08846

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

≈ $559,525

Likely range $486,489 – $640,222, from 12 comparable Middlesex sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

97.52%

The state's official measure of how far Middlesex assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $559,525 home should be assessed near $545,649.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$531,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $13,849 below what the ratio math suggests (2.5%).

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

$2.119 per $100 assessed

$1.137 Schools · 54% $0.340 County · 16% $0.643 Town · 30%

This home's own bill implies $1.893 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,066/yr
Public schools$5,398
Middlesex County$1,614
Town of Middlesex$3,053
Middlesex average$10,237

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

Town median 97.6%
This home · 95.0%

77%122%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Middlesex'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
202-204 WILTON AVE2025-05$600,0001,92098.8%
202 RUNYON AVE2025-04$489,9001,80095.6%
531 HARRIS AVE2026-05$730,0002,13881.0%
544 EDGEWORTH ST2026-04$615,0001,53677.9%
11 BIRCHWOOD CT2026-02$380,0001,694115.9%
440 FAIRVIEW AVE2025-02$475,0001,756100.1%
401 FAIRVIEW AVE2025-04$590,0001,93697.5%
552 LORRAINE AVE2025-03$460,0001,72898.9%
1 TREE TOP RD2026-04$460,0001,69485.0%
57 GREENBROOK RD2026-03$575,0001,73294.3%
408 FAIRVIEW AVE2026-02$600,0001,72088.1%
38 WARRENVILLE RD2026-02$575,0001,836100.8%

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