The Fair Share Report

54 Lenox Rd

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $4,475,240

Likely range $4,015,438 – $5,063,465, 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 $4,475,240 home should be assessed near $1,378,821.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,333,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $45,821 below what the ratio math suggests (3.3%).

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%

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

$59,598/yr
Public schools$31,133
Union County$14,560
Town of Summit$13,906
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 29.8%

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
149 HILL CREST AVE2026-06$4,200,0005,86829.6%
73 EDGEWOOD RD2025-06$5,525,0006,75826.9%
22 HOBART RD2025-06$4,800,0004,84634.1%
101 PROSPECT STREET2025-04$2,835,0005,37029.6%
181 SUMMIT AVE2025-12$2,975,0005,37935.2%
45 WOODMERE DR2025-03$3,550,0004,97022.5%
14 ARGYLE CT2025-09$3,400,0004,37033.0%
45 VALLEY VIEW AVE2025-03$3,000,0004,30822.4%
29 NORWOOD AVE2025-08$4,530,0005,27029.3%
121 WHITTREDGE RD2025-03$4,350,0005,06329.6%
44 SILVER LAKE DR2026-04$4,150,0004,25028.1%
57 PROSPECT HILL AVE2025-09$4,600,0004,88526.5%

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