The Fair Share Report

5 Bucks Ct

Berkeley, NJ 08757

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

≈ $509,323

Likely range $464,495 – $652,762, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $509,323 home should be assessed near $269,687.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$241,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $28,687 below what the ratio math suggests (10.6%).

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%

This home's own bill implies $2.486 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$5,992/yr
Public schools$2,806
Ocean County$1,346
Town of Berkeley$1,839
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 47.3%

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
187 PRINCE CHARLES DR2025-08$380,0001,74914.3%
371 VETERANS BLVD2025-06$585,0001,82842.5%
281 BAYVILLE AVE2025-02$510,0001,75553.5%
409 BIRCH ST2025-05$482,5001,80056.3%
50 YARDARM CT2025-09$750,0001,88252.6%
14 HEMLOCK LN2026-01$643,8001,81541.4%
18 SKIMMER LANE2025-07$495,0001,72855.4%
343 CLIFTON AVE2025-08$480,0001,78849.4%
1025 BAYVIEW AVE2025-10$751,0001,93175.8%
501 EASTERN BLVD2025-03$560,0001,73249.6%
122 WESTPORT DR2025-10$425,0001,60336.9%
8 LAUREL LN2025-11$680,0001,85962.1%

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