The Fair Share Report

44 Flatbrook Rd

Sandyston, NJ 07826

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

≈ $485,049

Likely range $383,073 – $612,363, from 12 comparable Sandyston sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.50%

The state's official measure of how far Sandyston assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $485,049 home should be assessed near $274,053.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$238,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $35,253 below what the ratio math suggests (12.9%).

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

$3.337 per $100 assessed

$2.322 Schools · 70% $0.711 County · 21% $0.304 Town · 9%

Step 5 · The bill

$7,971/yr
Public schools$5,547
Sussex County$1,698
Town of Sandyston$726
Sandyston average$7,308

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

Town median 44.0%
This home · 49.2%

29%87%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Sandyston'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
23 DEVITA RD2025-11$525,0002,38648.1%
39B RT 6452025-05$512,6001,92853.3%
13 SUNRISE TR2026-01$387,5002,48463.0%
4 BUTTERNUT LN2025-12$630,0002,24049.9%
8 MARTHA ST2026-06$525,0001,27238.1%
161A ROUTE 6452026-02$425,0002,70481.5%
1 EDWARDS DR2025-09$420,0001,14444.0%
12 OLD DINGMANS RD2025-12$410,0001,62260.4%
308 ROUTE 206 N2026-05$350,0001,17043.5%
48 E SHORE TR2025-06$587,5001,79237.6%
119 RT 5602025-08$380,0001,41845.3%
2 SHAYTOWN RD2025-04$235,0001,02569.8%

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