The Fair Share Report

516 E Second St

Bound Brook, NJ 08844

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

≈ $216,986

Likely range $166,281 – $219,177, from 5 comparable Bound Brook sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

93.26%

The state's official measure of how far Bound Brook assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $216,986 home should be assessed near $202,361.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$261,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $59,439 above what the ratio math suggests (29.4%).

Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Bound Brook home

$2.206 per $100 assessed

$1.107 Schools · 50% $0.345 County · 16% $0.753 Town · 34%

This home's own bill implies $2.073 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$5,427/yr
Public schools$2,725
Somerset County$849
Town of Bound Brook$1,853
Bound Brook average$9,877

This home vs. every recent Bound Brook sale · assessed ÷ market

Town median 93.6%
This home · 120.7%

72%163%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (100.00%) — roughly $1,311/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
44 ROMNEY ROAD2025-03$300,0001,040109.4%
615 THOMPSON AVENUE2025-04$330,00092893.6%
687 CRESCENT DRIVE2026-03$350,00099294.4%
535 MARION STREET2025-05$434,700700102.5%
652 CRESCENT DRIVE2025-01$285,0001,048114.2%

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