The Fair Share Report

444 Eastern Blvd

Berkeley, NJ 08721

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

≈ $525,158

Likely range $481,727 – $599,629, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,674 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $525,158 home should be assessed near $278,071.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$258,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $19,671 below what the ratio math suggests (7.1%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$6,693/yr
Public schools$3,134
Ocean County$1,504
Town of Berkeley$2,054
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 49.2%

30%68%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
18 SKIMMER LANE2025-07$495,0001,72855.4%
18 BLUE HERON LANE2025-05$585,0001,57944.0%
24 BLUE HERON LANE2025-03$565,6001,57945.0%
12 BLUE HERON LANE2025-08$582,9001,56542.7%
122 WESTPORT DR2025-10$425,0001,60336.9%
187 PRINCE CHARLES DR2025-08$380,0001,74914.3%
371 VETERANS BLVD2025-06$585,0001,82842.5%
27 FREDERICK DR2025-10$480,0001,66856.0%
128 SLOOP CREEK RD2026-04$515,5001,60943.8%
33 BLUE HERON LANE2026-05$483,5001,49550.8%
174 FIFTH AVE2025-05$549,0001,75041.0%
322 VETERANS BLVD2025-12$490,0001,66450.1%

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