The Fair Share Report

508 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.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $591,254

Likely range $532,411 – $680,712, 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 $591,254 home should be assessed near $562,401.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$628,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $65,999 above what the ratio math suggests (11.7%).

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 $1.507 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$9,470/yr
Public schools$6,143
Somerset County$1,728
Town of Bernards$1,599
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 106.3%

80%123%

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)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
436 MT AIRY RD2026-02$790,0001,41691.8%
212 W OAK ST2026-05$590,0001,32688.4%
494 KING GEORGE RD2026-05$570,0001,57295.9%
117 W OAK ST2025-04$601,0001,29698.8%
19 S ALWARD AVE2025-04$810,0001,66093.7%
22 DAYTON ST2026-01$669,0001,61490.6%
22 DAYTON ST2025-03$645,0001,61494.0%
10 NANCY LN2025-04$650,0001,79293.8%
317 S FINLEY AVE2026-06$740,3171,45291.4%
230 ARROWOOD WAY2026-06$615,0001,35790.1%
85 SYCAMORE CT2026-04$586,5001,35797.2%
217 ARROWOOD WAY2025-03$551,0001,35797.0%

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