The Fair Share Report
49 Summit Ave
Berlin, NJ 08009
The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.
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This home's payments are about right
It sits inside Berlin's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.
Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $328,036 – $479,086, from 12 comparable Berlin 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 Berlin assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $422,958 home should be assessed near $281,479.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $17,979 below what the ratio math suggests (6.4%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Berlin home
$1.813 Schools · 52% $0.779 County · 22% $0.879 Town · 25%
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Berlin sale · assessed ÷ market
41%86%
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 WINDING WAY | 2026-02 | $400,000 | 1,744 | 59.5% |
| 24 CONSTITUTION BLVD | 2026-04 | $386,000 | 1,994 | 58.7% |
| 34 RIDGEVIEW AVENUE | 2025-08 | $422,000 | 1,744 | 56.9% |
| 68 WAYSIDE ROAD | 2026-06 | $510,000 | 2,069 | 46.2% |
| 20 DELWOOD LANE | 2025-09 | $517,100 | 2,000 | 49.7% |
| 130 HOLLY AVENUE | 2025-09 | $260,000 | 1,896 | 89.7% |
| 3 BIRCH AVENUE | 2026-03 | $337,000 | 2,068 | 69.7% |
| 129 JUNIPER AVENUE | 2025-03 | $295,000 | 1,646 | 86.4% |
| 2 PINEVIEW AVENUE | 2025-11 | $330,000 | 1,846 | 59.1% |
| 7 LEROY AVENUE | 2025-04 | $385,000 | 1,896 | 67.0% |
| 24 WINDING WAY | 2026-03 | $552,500 | 2,183 | 48.7% |
| 26 HILLCROFT ROAD | 2025-07 | $430,000 | 1,550 | 45.7% |
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