The Fair Share Report

7 Madison Ave

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $1,726,582

Likely range $1,386,076 – $2,028,239, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

30.81%

The state's official measure of how far Summit assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,726,582 home should be assessed near $531,960.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$445,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $86,560 below what the ratio math suggests (16.3%).

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

$4.470 per $100 assessed

$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

$19,914/yr
Public schools$10,402
Union County$4,865
Town of Summit$4,647
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 25.8%

16%41%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Summit'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
14 JOANNA WAY2026-03$1,950,0002,61724.7%
50 PORTLAND RD2025-04$2,175,0002,70527.6%
35 BLACKBURN PL2025-05$2,000,0002,65622.6%
238 WOODLAND AVE2025-07$1,150,0002,59832.4%
16 LITTLE WOLF RD2026-02$1,900,0002,73123.6%
1 SWEETBRIAR RD2025-03$2,500,0002,73623.8%
110 DIVISION AVE2025-10$1,319,0002,50425.2%
11 LINDA LANE2025-08$1,750,0003,10831.9%
36 DALE DR2026-03$1,100,0002,52937.8%
25 SWEETBRIAR RD2025-04$1,600,0002,80032.0%
6 JOANNA WAY2025-12$1,800,0002,97128.6%
75 TANGLEWOOD DR2025-06$2,260,0003,15424.4%

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