The Fair Share Report

718 Springfield Ave

Summit, NJ 08816

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

≈ $973,041

Likely range $739,405 – $1,375,701, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,196 sq ft.

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 $973,041 home should be assessed near $299,794.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$233,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $66,794 below what the ratio math suggests (22.3%).

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

$10,417/yr
Public schools$5,442
Union County$2,545
Town of Summit$2,431
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 23.9%

11%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
142 MORRIS AVE2025-06$699,0002,07628.9%
62 MOUNTAIN AVE2026-03$1,325,0001,97823.5%
475 MORRIS AVE2025-12$950,0002,14417.9%
47 MOUNTAIN AVE2025-05$1,299,9002,07525.0%
40 ORCHARD STREET2025-02$618,0001.1%
21 PEARL ST2025-05$700,0002,01230.8%
202-202A MORRIS AVENUE2025-03$620,0002,23933.2%
69 ASHWOOD AVE2025-05$880,0002,37227.8%
4 SUMMIT AVE2025-01$871,5001,85026.3%
8 LAFAYETTE AVE2025-08$890,0001,83024.0%
13 IRVING PL2025-03$550,0002,43248.2%
25 WALNUT ST2025-10$620,0002,96039.8%

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