The Fair Share Report

5 Stacy Ln

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

≈ $1,120,551

Likely range $977,808 – $1,219,995, 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 $1,120,551 home should be assessed near $1,065,868.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,220,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $154,232 above what the ratio math suggests (14.5%).

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 $1.526 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$18,614/yr
Public schools$12,075
Somerset County$3,396
Town of Bernards$3,143
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 108.9%

80%130%

A touch high — worth watching

This home's ratio sits above most of Bernards, but doesn't clear NJ's legal appeal line (100.00%).

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
46 DEXTER DR N2025-03$880,0002,75895.1%
20 MANCHESTER DR2025-06$1,036,0332,79094.3%
101 WEXFORD WAY2026-06$1,024,0002,51690.8%
56 TUXFORD TER2026-06$1,125,0002,80797.5%
312 GRIST MILL DR2025-03$1,025,0002,59695.3%
18 VAN DORN RD2025-06$980,0002,888100.2%
1273 MT AIRY RD2025-04$970,0002,75695.8%
257 LYONS RD2025-02$925,0002,60097.8%
9 PALMERSTON PL2025-04$1,100,0002,590107.2%
70 SPRING HOUSE LN2025-04$1,540,0003,22793.1%
14 PHEASANT RUN DR2025-06$1,750,0003,02485.0%
33 JUNIPER WAY2026-04$1,400,0003,36296.4%

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