The Fair Share Report

440 E Ave

Bay Head, NJ 07090

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

≈ $2,006,039

Likely range $1,749,721 – $2,288,480, from 12 comparable Bay Head sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.09%

The state's official measure of how far Bay Head assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $2,006,039 home should be assessed near $1,125,187.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,917,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $792,213 above what the ratio math suggests (70.4%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Bay Head home

$1.104 per $100 assessed

$0.251 Schools · 23% $0.576 County · 52% $0.277 Town · 25%

Step 5 · The bill

$21,187/yr
Public schools$4,817
Ocean County$11,054
Town of Bay Head$5,316
Bay Head average$18,045

This home vs. every recent Bay Head sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 48.8%
This home · 95.6%

30%115%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (64.50%) — roughly $8,746/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
50 BRIDGE AVE2025-09$2,000,0002,21648.4%
463 LAKE AVE2025-05$2,875,0002,13835.0%
440 LAKE AVE2026-01$1,834,0001,82441.4%
630 MAIN AVE2025-07$2,340,0002,32849.8%
258 OSBORNE AVE2026-04$2,090,0002,31537.3%
340 MAIN AVE2025-09$2,186,0002,70043.1%
190 OSBORNE AVE2026-05$1,400,0001,90448.8%
49 NORTH ST2025-02$1,990,0002,48150.0%
26 BRIDGE AVE2025-07$4,700,0003,42143.3%
162 PARK AVE2025-06$2,350,0002,48842.8%
289 OSBORNE AVE2025-09$1,500,0002,32054.0%
1320 BAY AVE2025-06$1,451,0002,15446.0%

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