The Fair Share Report

466 Lyons Rd

Bernards, NJ 07920

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

≈ $570,772

Likely range $509,109 – $616,479, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $570,772 home should be assessed near $542,918.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$734,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $191,082 above what the ratio math suggests (35.2%).

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

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

This home's own bill implies $1.514 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$11,112/yr
Public schools$7,208
Somerset County$2,028
Town of Bernards$1,876
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 128.6%

80%150%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (100.00%) — roughly $3,224/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
494 KING GEORGE RD2026-05$570,0001,57295.9%
15 DEXTER DR N2026-02$900,0001,68482.5%
10 VALLEY VIEW DR2025-03$565,0001,66495.8%
19 S ALWARD AVE2025-04$810,0001,66093.7%
8 BEECHWOOD RD2026-06$1,000,0002,06077.0%
471 PENNS WAY2025-03$598,0001,65691.6%
60 WOODWARD LN2026-06$535,0001,76489.5%
229 ENGLISH PL2025-01$531,0001,76493.9%
67 WOODWARD LN2026-02$492,0001,59698.8%
408 PENNS WAY2025-06$517,5001,59691.5%
7 VALLEY VIEW DR2026-06$600,0001,81690.5%
28 VALLEY VIEW DR2025-04$551,0001,81695.7%

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