The Fair Share Report

52 Fifth Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08757

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

≈ $438,668

Likely range $366,077 – $542,975, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $438,668 home should be assessed near $232,275.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$160,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $72,275 below what the ratio math suggests (31.1%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$4,144/yr
Public schools$1,941
Ocean County$931
Town of Berkeley$1,272
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 36.5%

24%68%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
202 THIRD AVE2026-05$435,0001,50447.3%
33 BLUE HERON LANE2026-05$483,5001,49550.8%
117 SANDPIPER LN2026-01$290,0001,44870.6%
110 SANDPIPER LN2025-07$340,0001,41858.1%
7 BRANCHWOOD PL2026-06$610,0001,57845.4%
10 COLWYN WAY2025-11$495,0001,50938.2%
41 WINTERTON DR2026-02$450,0001,50934.2%
62 PINTAIL TRACE2025-05$355,0001,48856.3%
351 JAMAICA BLVD2025-11$399,5001,50941.3%
12 BLUE HERON LANE2025-08$582,9001,56542.7%
18 BLUE HERON LANE2025-05$585,0001,57944.0%
24 BLUE HERON LANE2025-03$565,6001,57945.0%

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