The Fair Share Report
480 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.
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Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $617,777 – $935,402, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).
Step 2 · The Director's Ratio
The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $689,900 home should be assessed near $656,233.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $153,667 above what the ratio math suggests (23.4%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Bernards home
$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%
This home's own bill implies $1.563 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Bernards sale · assessed ÷ market
80%137%
Paying about right
This home's ratio lands inside Bernards's normal band. The drift hasn't singled it out — no case for a tax appeal.
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 BEECHWOOD RD | 2026-06 | $1,000,000 | 2,060 | 77.0% |
| 10 NANCY LN | 2025-04 | $650,000 | 1,792 | 93.8% |
| 494 KING GEORGE RD | 2026-05 | $570,000 | 1,572 | 95.9% |
| 19 S ALWARD AVE | 2025-04 | $810,000 | 1,660 | 93.7% |
| 40 MAPLE RUN | 2025-02 | $606,000 | 1,892 | 98.2% |
| 5 VILLAGE DR | 2025-04 | $609,500 | 1,866 | 95.4% |
| 22 DAYTON ST | 2026-01 | $669,000 | 1,614 | 90.6% |
| 22 DAYTON ST | 2025-03 | $645,000 | 1,614 | 94.0% |
| 7 VALLEY VIEW DR | 2026-06 | $600,000 | 1,816 | 90.5% |
| 28 VALLEY VIEW DR | 2025-04 | $551,000 | 1,816 | 95.7% |
| 1 BRADFORD LN | 2026-04 | $900,000 | 1,994 | 82.0% |
| 11 N VOORHEES DR | 2025-06 | $1,094,445 | 2,315 | 95.7% |
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