The Fair Share Report

6 Benjamin St

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

≈ $579,667

Likely range $492,787 – $703,842, 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 $579,667 home should be assessed near $306,934.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$349,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $42,766 above what the ratio math suggests (13.9%).

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

$9,057/yr
Public schools$4,242
Ocean County$2,035
Town of Berkeley$2,780
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 60.3%

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
26 SWINDON CT2025-05$478,0002,19845.7%
18 YAFFA RD2025-04$725,0002,32249.9%
7 COLTON CT2025-06$510,0002,22968.3%
4 BLYTH CT2025-06$445,0001,928103.5%
336 ARLINGTON AVE2026-03$570,5652,28261.9%
353 LIVINGSTON AVE2026-05$600,0002,43448.1%
142 BUTLER BLVD2025-04$555,0002,40843.4%
1025 BAYVIEW AVE2025-10$751,0001,93175.8%
267 CYPRESS DR2025-08$1,151,5002,41848.4%
421 PRINCETON AVE2025-05$675,0002,30449.4%
8 LAUREL LN2025-11$680,0001,85962.1%
96 BEACH DR2025-10$810,0002,09743.8%

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