The Fair Share Report
659 Springfield Ave
Summit, NJ 07901
The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.
Good news — this home pays less than its share
Its assessment sits low relative to what homes like it actually sell for. An appeal would only invite a fresh look at a number working in the owner's favor.
Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $1,386,740 – $1,641,118, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,951 sq ft.
Step 2 · The Director's Ratio
The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,582,136 home should be assessed near $487,456.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $222,656 below what the ratio math suggests (45.7%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Summit home
$2.335 Schools · 52% $1.092 County · 24% $1.043 Town · 23%
Summit also levies a Special Improvement District charge inside its district boundaries — the county roll doesn't say which homes are in it, but a bill's "IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT" line does. District homes pay $4.654 per $100 all-in (+$0.184).
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Summit sale · assessed ÷ market
11%41%
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 CANOE BROOK PKWY | 2025-11 | $1,700,000 | 2,021 | 21.5% |
| 7 WEBSTER AVE | 2025-07 | $1,160,000 | 2,107 | 30.3% |
| 34 ASHLAND RD | 2025-11 | $1,750,000 | 2,158 | 21.3% |
| 104 PINE GROVE AVE | 2025-01 | $1,625,000 | 2,164 | 25.7% |
| 19 HICKORY RD | 2025-06 | $1,450,000 | 2,040 | 24.3% |
| 275 WOODLAND AVE | 2026-06 | $1,655,000 | 2,098 | 22.7% |
| 42 PARKVIEW TERR | 2025-05 | $1,650,000 | 1,722 | 24.4% |
| 71 BROAD ST | 2025-10 | $821,000 | 1,849 | 21.2% |
| 276 KENT PLACE BLVD | 2026-04 | $1,306,000 | 1,774 | 18.1% |
| 149 ASHLAND RD | 2025-12 | $999,999 | 1,945 | 35.3% |
| 47 PARKVIEW TERR | 2025-09 | $1,925,000 | 1,980 | 27.9% |
| 11 HICKORY RD | 2025-09 | $1,765,000 | 2,144 | 21.5% |
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