The Fair Share Report

7 Symphony Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08721

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

≈ $395,000

Likely range $347,720 – $443,424, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $395,000 home should be assessed near $209,153.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$196,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $12,653 below what the ratio math suggests (6.0%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

This home's own bill implies $2.336 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$4,589/yr
Public schools$2,149
Ocean County$1,031
Town of Berkeley$1,409
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 49.7%

30%68%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Berkeley'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
116 CHESTERFIELD LN2025-01$350,0001,50251.9%
62 PINTAIL TRACE2025-05$355,0001,48856.3%
170 CHESTERFIELD LN2026-01$395,0001,50246.7%
30 CARMACKS WAY2025-06$490,0001,50931.8%
93 SANDPIPER DR2025-03$450,0001,51643.8%
355 JAMAICA BLVD2026-04$425,0001,50936.1%
185 PRINCE CHARLES DR2026-03$419,9001,50945.0%
20 ABERGELE DR2025-07$438,0001,50942.6%
60 CANTERBURY LN2025-08$385,0001,50948.4%
59 TRENT DR2025-05$355,0001,50250.3%
69 PORTSMOUTH DR2026-02$424,0001,54543.1%
1 MAPLETON RD2025-07$510,0001,51426.1%

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