The Fair Share Report

7 Arbor Cir

Bernards, NJ 07083

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

≈ $579,846

Likely range $524,299 – $700,496, 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 $579,846 home should be assessed near $551,550.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$575,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $24,350 above what the ratio math suggests (4.4%).

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 $1.598 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$9,203/yr
Public schools$5,970
Somerset County$1,679
Town of Bernards$1,554
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 99.3%

77%115%

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
60 WOODWARD LN2026-06$535,0001,76489.5%
229 ENGLISH PL2025-01$531,0001,76493.9%
333 PENNS WAY2026-06$545,0001,78094.1%
333 PENNS WAY2025-02$535,0001,78095.8%
45 ARBOR CIR2025-01$550,0001,62694.8%
26 HAMPTON CT2026-03$857,5001,68087.9%
15 DEXTER DR N2026-02$900,0001,68482.5%
471 PENNS WAY2025-03$598,0001,65691.6%
7 VALLEY VIEW DR2026-06$600,0001,81690.5%
28 VALLEY VIEW DR2025-04$551,0001,81695.7%
17 CLARK CT2026-05$750,0001,92886.5%
82 CONSTITUTION WAY2026-04$804,0001,92896.2%

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