The Fair Share Report

577 Forest Ave

Paramus, NJ 07652

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

≈ $819,828

Likely range $740,966 – $956,633, from 12 comparable Paramus sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,754 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

93.30%

The state's official measure of how far Paramus assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $819,828 home should be assessed near $764,900.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$816,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $51,100 above what the ratio math suggests (6.7%).

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

$1.499 per $100 assessed

$0.709 Schools · 47% $0.241 County · 16% $0.549 Town · 37%

This home's own bill implies $1.420 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$11,590/yr
Public schools$5,482
Bergen County$1,863
Town of Paramus$4,245
Paramus average$13,058

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

Town median 89.0%
This home · 99.5%

65%116%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Paramus'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
538 COOLIDGE PLACE2026-04$760,0001,62688.7%
20 GABRIEL COURT2026-04$999,9951,586106.1%
14 GABRIEL COURT2026-03$999,0001,586106.2%
12 GABRIEL COURT2026-02$1,040,0001,586102.0%
172 LAWSON PLACE2026-04$925,0001,71278.5%
118 SCARLET OAK LANE2025-02$918,0002,308100.2%
16 MULBERRY COURT2025-02$975,0002,30894.4%
656 SEAGULL DRIVE2025-02$982,0002,20287.7%
779 DECKER PLACE2026-02$935,0001,88479.3%
368 ELMWOOD DR2026-03$925,0001,69681.0%
828 HIGHLAND AVE2025-01$825,0002,282110.0%
E 244 WASHINGTON PL2025-02$710,0001,753233.4%

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