The Fair Share Report

53 Sunset Dr

Summit, NJ 07052

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

≈ $1,304,213

Likely range $1,136,097 – $1,651,680, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,304,213 home should be assessed near $401,828.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$394,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $7,528 below what the ratio math suggests (1.9%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%

This home's own bill implies $4.188 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).

Step 5 · The bill

$16,511/yr
Public schools$8,625
Union County$4,034
Town of Summit$3,853
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 30.2%

16%41%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit'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
176 WOODLAND AVE2026-03$1,400,0001,98021.3%
50 WEST END AVE2025-05$1,325,0001,97622.2%
107 KENT PLACE BLVD2025-04$915,0001,91429.4%
147 CANOE BROOK PKWY2025-11$1,700,0002,02121.5%
11 MT VERNON AVE2026-03$1,300,0001,86222.0%
91 CANOE BROOK PKWY2026-03$1,275,0002,21024.2%
19 DALE DR2025-08$1,375,0002,20131.4%
28 LONDONDERRY WAY2025-12$1,250,0001,83926.4%
14 HARVARD ST2025-05$979,0001,60528.5%
34 SWEETBRIAR RD2025-11$1,999,9992,32723.8%
170 CANOE BROOK PKWY2026-03$1,500,0001,73923.6%
29 DRUID HILL RD2025-10$1,999,9992,46029.8%

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