The Fair Share Report

44 E Third St

Howell, NJ 07728

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

≈ $282,051

Likely range $246,319 – $394,444, from 12 comparable Howell sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 800 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

97.01%

The state's official measure of how far Howell assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $282,051 home should be assessed near $273,618.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$351,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $78,182 above what the ratio math suggests (28.6%).

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

$1.659 per $100 assessed

$1.121 Schools · 68% $0.218 County · 13% $0.320 Town · 19%

This home's own bill implies $1.493 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$5,254/yr
Public schools$3,550
Monmouth County$690
Town of Howell$1,013
Howell average$9,883

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

Town median 99.4%
This home · 124.7%

84%148%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Howell'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
109 WEST SIXTH STREET2025-04$320,000784100.6%
113 WEST SIXTH ST2025-04$180,000864199.2%
9 SPRUCE ROAD2026-04$396,00076099.1%
459 SHADY LANE2026-01$330,000936117.2%
517 MIDDLE LANE2026-02$350,000998113.9%
203 SUNSET LANE2025-06$355,000720100.7%
10 SUNSET DRIVE2026-05$360,000900117.3%
36 BLUE BIRD LANE2025-02$265,00084099.3%
13 WOODPECKER ROAD2025-02$249,000755101.4%
4 STOCKTON WAY2026-03$505,0001,040122.7%
7 WOODPECKER ROAD2026-03$230,000747113.7%
43 LAKE DRIVE2026-05$584,00096090.5%

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