The Fair Share Report

51 Decker St

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

≈ $1,145,503

Likely range $946,609 – $1,225,812, 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 $1,145,503 home should be assessed near $1,089,602.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,031,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $57,902 below what the ratio math suggests (5.3%).

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 $1.569 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$16,188/yr
Public schools$10,501
Somerset County$2,954
Town of Bernards$2,733
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 90.1%

79%114%

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
27 WOODSTONE RD2026-03$1,370,0002,53281.3%
11 N VOORHEES DR2025-06$1,094,4452,31595.7%
26 HILLSIDE TER2025-06$950,0002,32496.3%
134 SPENCER RD2026-05$1,100,0002,58285.8%
19 S ALWARD AVE2025-04$810,0001,66093.7%
8 BEECHWOOD RD2026-06$1,000,0002,06077.0%
47 FIELDSTONE DR2025-04$1,355,0002,43685.2%
81 ATLAS RD2026-05$1,230,0002,45590.1%
55 WASHINGTON AVE2025-01$999,9992,65297.7%
25 WELLINGTON DR2025-06$1,580,0002,92995.5%
40 RANKIN AVE2026-06$1,500,0003,16991.3%
2 PRINCETON CT2025-06$1,100,0002,73194.7%

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