The Fair Share Report

5 William St

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $821,502

Likely range $600,206 – $1,247,800, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $821,502 home should be assessed near $253,105.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$235,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $17,405 below what the ratio math suggests (6.9%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$10,538/yr
Public schools$5,505
Union County$2,574
Town of Summit$2,459
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 28.7%

13%45%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit'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
4 SUMMIT AVE2025-01$871,5001,85026.3%
21 AUBREY ST2025-06$775,0001,80023.3%
47 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-05$1,299,9002,07525.0%
71 BROAD ST2025-10$821,0001,84921.2%
8 JOHN ST2025-04$470,0001,59736.1%
475 MORRIS AVE2025-12$950,0002,14417.9%
62 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-03$1,325,0001,97823.5%
202-202A MORRIS AVENUE2025-03$620,0002,23933.2%
21 PEARL ST2025-05$700,0002,01230.8%
13 IRVING PL2025-03$550,0002,43248.2%
147 CANOE BROOK PKWY2025-11$1,700,0002,02121.5%
133 MORRIS AVE2026-05$615,0001,56423.9%

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