The Fair Share Report

6 Forest Trl

Bernards, NJ 07920

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

≈ $1,109,101

Likely range $937,528 – $1,144,735, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,346 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,109,101 home should be assessed near $1,054,977.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$879,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $175,077 below what the ratio math suggests (16.6%).

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

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

This home's own bill implies $1.606 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$14,132/yr
Public schools$9,167
Somerset County$2,579
Town of Bernards$2,386
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 79.3%

71%105%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards'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
27 WOODSTONE RD2026-03$1,370,0002,53281.3%
11 N VOORHEES DR2025-06$1,094,4452,31595.7%
22 DAYTON ST2026-01$669,0001,61490.6%
22 DAYTON ST2025-03$645,0001,61494.0%
26 HILLSIDE TER2025-06$950,0002,32496.3%
8 BEECHWOOD RD2026-06$1,000,0002,06077.0%
40 RANKIN AVE2026-06$1,500,0003,16991.3%
134 SPENCER RD2026-05$1,100,0002,58285.8%
19 S ALWARD AVE2025-04$810,0001,66093.7%
55 WASHINGTON AVE2025-01$999,9992,65297.7%
10 NANCY LN2025-04$650,0001,79293.8%
47 FIELDSTONE DR2025-04$1,355,0002,43685.2%

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