The Fair Share Report

7 Stembrook Rd

Montvale, NJ 07645

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

≈ $968,372

Likely range $917,896 – $1,131,389, from 12 comparable Montvale sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

72.47%

The state's official measure of how far Montvale assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $968,372 home should be assessed near $701,779.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$654,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $47,479 below what the ratio math suggests (6.8%).

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

$2.552 per $100 assessed

$1.580 Schools · 62% $0.298 County · 12% $0.673 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$16,698/yr
Public schools$10,342
Bergen County$1,951
Town of Montvale$4,405
Montvale average$14,024

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

Town median 56.7%
This home · 67.6%

43%89%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montvale'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
15 TERRY COURT2025-06$912,0002,65149.3%
16 CYPRESS PEAK LN2025-05$1,077,0002,59149.1%
18 LOMAS LANE2025-12$1,450,0002,74453.3%
27 COTTAGE AVE2025-05$890,0002,49351.5%
112 E GRAND AVE2025-02$730,3162,53057.6%
1 VAN WYCK STREET2025-02$1,115,0002,99456.5%
1 HIGH RIDGE ROAD2025-10$1,385,0002,27759.7%
7 AZALEA LANE2025-06$925,0002,18847.2%
10 MAPLE AVE2025-04$815,0002,18455.4%
76 SPRING VALLEY RD2025-08$880,0002,36757.4%
50 UPPER SADDLE RIVER RD2025-02$1,175,0003,25055.9%
7 SHADOW LANE2025-12$878,0002,06451.5%

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