The Fair Share Report

60 Berta Pl

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

≈ $1,907,404

Likely range $1,573,556 – $2,119,166, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $1,907,404 home should be assessed near $1,814,323.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,937,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $123,377 above what the ratio math suggests (6.8%).

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 $1.634 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$31,669/yr
Public schools$20,543
Somerset County$5,778
Town of Bernards$5,347
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 101.6%

80%129%

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
39 MELBOURNE WAY2025-01$1,285,0004,607104.3%
12 WAYNE TER2026-05$1,375,0004,023104.0%
5 CARRIAGE WAY2025-06$1,825,0004,40095.4%
10 OWENS CT2025-05$1,950,0004,64893.5%
58 MORGAN LN2026-02$1,495,0004,67596.7%
54 BERTA PL2026-05$2,524,0004,28382.2%
180 SOMERVILLE RD2025-03$449,00099.7%
24 CHELSEA CT2026-04$2,175,0005,13496.9%
25 CARRIAGE WAY2026-05$2,454,0005,31890.2%
64 MORGAN LN2025-02$1,535,0004,56995.8%
28 LAFAYETTE LN2026-04$1,360,0003,62291.5%
105 ANNIN RD2026-03$2,400,0004,19373.1%

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