The Fair Share Report

69 Creek Ave

Downe, NJ 08321

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

≈ $290,000

Likely range $162,000 – $445,000, from 11 comparable Downe sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

78.40%

The state's official measure of how far Downe assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $290,000 home should be assessed near $227,360.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$155,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $72,060 below what the ratio math suggests (31.7%).

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

$2.931 per $100 assessed

$1.454 Schools · 50% $1.070 County · 37% $0.407 Town · 14%

This home's own bill implies $3.719 per $100 — well off the general rate. That usually means the town revalued since the last bill.

Step 5 · The bill

$5,775/yr
Public schools$2,865
Cumberland County$2,108
Town of Downe$802
Downe average$4,274

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

Town median 67.3%
This home · 53.6%

29%107%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Downe'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
97 GARRISON AVE2026-03$135,00080.3%
293 COVE RD2025-06$230,00050561.4%
250 COVE RD2025-02$295,0001,260101.5%
102 GARRISON AVE2026-04$164,50074.6%
256 COVE RD2025-06$290,00086497.5%
94 DELAWARE AVE2026-02$450,00064.8%
248 COVE RD2025-07$445,0001,56849.6%
98 DELAWARE AVE2026-05$475,00032.8%
114 DELAWARE AVE2026-01$350,00082.7%
115 DELAWARE AVE2025-07$140,000100.0%
21 VASSAR AVE2026-06$162,00052.0%

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