The Fair Share Report

7 Meredith Rd

Demarest, NJ 07627

The town catches up with market prices only once a year — and only on average. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Demarest's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $1,077,160

Likely range $957,337 – $1,291,128, from 12 comparable Demarest sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

101.41%

The state's official measure of how far Demarest assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,077,160 home should be assessed near $1,092,348.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$861,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $231,248 below what the ratio math suggests (21.2%).

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

$1.805 per $100 assessed

$1.149 Schools · 64% $0.219 County · 12% $0.438 Town · 24%

Step 5 · The bill

$15,543/yr
Public schools$9,889
Bergen County$1,885
Town of Demarest$3,770
Demarest average$26,108

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

Town median 92.3%
This home · 79.9%

61%115%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
17 CYPRESS PL2025-07$1,050,0001,81782.4%
52 EDWARD ST2026-04$1,100,0001,84592.9%
32 HIGHLAND AVE2025-12$999,9991,90388.8%
16 POPLAR RD2025-05$1,200,0002,05892.6%
16 JOHN ST2025-12$1,175,0001,75078.9%
55 STEWART ST2025-07$999,9991,84188.4%
98 PRESCOTT ST2025-12$1,385,0002,05171.2%
64 PRESCOTT ST2025-04$875,0001,71691.7%
65 LENOX AVE2025-07$965,0001,64591.7%
45 LENOX AVE2025-07$999,5001,95485.4%
292 COUNTY RD2025-06$1,300,0001,68062.6%
9 HERITAGE CT2025-01$1,598,0002,22576.5%

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