The Fair Share Report

52 Ocean Ave

Berkeley, NJ 07066

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

≈ $315,814

Likely range $251,129 – $369,141, 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 $315,814 home should be assessed near $167,224.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$629,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $461,776 above what the ratio math suggests (276.1%).

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

$17,534/yr
Public schools$8,212
Ocean County$3,940
Town of Berkeley$5,382
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 199.2%

30%256%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (60.89%) — roughly $11,960/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
28 PRINCE CHARLES DR2025-12$250,0001,16157.2%
139 PARADISE BLVD2025-06$360,0001,16131.0%
12 JERICHO RD2025-10$260,0001,15342.2%
99 PRINCE CHARLES DR2025-06$390,0001,16139.4%
103 TWENTY-THIRD AVE #112026-04$827,0001,15648.3%
27 OAKFIELD RD2025-03$315,0001,15344.3%
73 GUADALAJARA DR2025-08$315,0001,23239.2%
73 GUADALAJARA DR2025-05$240,0001,23251.4%
71 CHESTERFIELD LN2026-01$311,0001,13546.2%
16 PIERMONT RD2026-05$293,0001,15395.3%
162 CASTLETON DR2026-03$258,6221,15376.3%
15 FAIRFIELD RD2025-07$325,0001,15336.0%

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