The Fair Share Report

7 Halstead Rd

Mendham, NJ 07945

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

≈ $844,053

Likely range $764,242 – $1,010,414, from 12 comparable Mendham sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,901 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

71.81%

The state's official measure of how far Mendham assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $844,053 home should be assessed near $606,114.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$449,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $156,914 below what the ratio math suggests (25.9%).

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

$2.526 per $100 assessed

$1.661 Schools · 66% $0.302 County · 12% $0.563 Town · 22%

Step 5 · The bill

$11,347/yr
Public schools$7,461
Morris County$1,357
Town of Mendham$2,529
Mendham average$17,555

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

Town median 58.7%
This home · 53.2%

39%88%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Mendham'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
200 MOUNTAINSIDE RD2026-01$900,0001,79652.5%
200 MOUNTAINSIDE RD2025-10$645,0001,79673.3%
81 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-06$785,0001,76853.7%
12 STERLING AVE2025-07$940,0001,96845.9%
4 GLENBROOK LN2025-04$840,0002,04566.3%
89 TALMAGE RD2026-03$995,0001,87249.1%
9 FLORIE FARM RD2025-03$1,112,0001,82451.8%
5 HILLCREST AVE2025-07$915,0002,27653.7%
41 FRANKLIN RD2026-04$1,250,0002,22844.9%
63 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-05$900,0001,80054.6%
5 MAPLE AVE2025-10$769,0001,40253.3%
18 DEERFIELD RD2025-01$839,0002,39367.2%

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