The Fair Share Report

68 Ocean Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08831

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

≈ $722,132

Likely range $600,414 – $883,358, 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 $722,132 home should be assessed near $382,369.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$831,700

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $449,331 above what the ratio math suggests (117.5%).

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

$21,541/yr
Public schools$10,089
Ocean County$4,840
Town of Berkeley$6,612
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 115.2%

30%144%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (60.89%) — roughly $11,638/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
449 MONTGOMERY ST2025-11$800,0002,38842.0%
51 AMHERST DR2025-08$950,0002,40056.2%
6 KEY LARGO CT2026-01$675,0002,42548.0%
453 ANDREW AVE2026-04$615,0002,36856.1%
4 GOLDENROD AVE2025-08$620,0002,42455.6%
421 PRINCETON AVE2025-05$675,0002,30449.4%
1533 BAY VIEW AVE2025-11$1,365,0002,43642.4%
26 SLOOP CREEK RD2025-05$625,0002,39261.0%
10 JEFFERSON AVE2025-05$857,0002,36745.1%
18 FOURTH AVE2026-02$605,0002,55651.0%
1095 BAYVIEW AVE2025-05$750,0002,47653.5%
31 DOLPHIN CIRCLE WEST2026-06$410,0002,34568.0%

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