The Fair Share Report

54 Serpentine Dr E

Berkeley, NJ 08721

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

≈ $392,957

Likely range $307,187 – $436,274, 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 $392,957 home should be assessed near $208,071.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$216,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $8,229 above what the ratio math suggests (4.0%).

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

$5,602/yr
Public schools$2,624
Ocean County$1,259
Town of Berkeley$1,720
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 55.0%

30%76%

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
145 PORT ROYAL DR2025-04$335,0001,44041.0%
175 FT DE FRANCE AVE2025-12$300,0001,440110.0%
9 MALLARD RD2025-03$395,0001,44860.4%
5 RODHOS ST2026-03$425,0001,44049.1%
265 LATIMER AVE2025-12$371,2501,33447.6%
154 BONAIRE DR2026-03$400,0001,36434.3%
119 HYANNIS ST2025-09$262,0001,36447.7%
23 SANTA FE CT2025-06$415,0001,36444.0%
12 LONGPORT AVE2025-11$715,0001,45249.0%
9 WESTBROOK DR2025-01$251,0001,31879.7%
327 HAYES AVE2025-04$480,0001,36844.2%
11 CORTLANDT DR2025-09$434,2001,40454.8%

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