The Fair Share Report

597 Route 9

Berkeley, NJ 08753

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

≈ $337,657

Likely range $267,627 – $584,299, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 783 sq ft.

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 $337,657 home should be assessed near $178,789.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$244,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $65,211 above what the ratio math suggests (36.5%).

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

$6,320/yr
Public schools$2,960
Ocean County$1,420
Town of Berkeley$1,940
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 72.3%

30%97%

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
601 MAIN ST2025-11$285,00076863.0%
23 FIFTH LANE2025-02$610,00064853.1%
15 BUCKLEY LN2026-06$370,00085846.3%
26 FIFTH LANE2026-05$650,00060047.7%
614 BAY BLVD2025-11$520,0001,08131.7%
27 FOURTH LANE2025-03$549,00064850.3%
29 FOURTH LANE2025-02$467,00064859.5%
12 LAWRENCE AVE2025-06$335,00082257.5%
293 BRICK AVE2025-09$405,00089846.3%
103 TWENTY-THIRD AVE #32025-08$594,00079653.0%
74 SECOND AVE2026-05$260,00080040.9%
174 BRENNAN CONCOURSE2025-04$350,0001,02447.3%

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