The Fair Share Report

72 Castleton Rd

Montgomery, NJ 08540

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

≈ $753,813

Likely range $659,116 – $769,947, from 12 comparable Montgomery sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,093 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.24%

The state's official measure of how far Montgomery assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $753,813 home should be assessed near $423,944.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$348,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $75,444 below what the ratio math suggests (17.8%).

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

$3.437 per $100 assessed

$2.335 Schools · 68% $0.583 County · 17% $0.519 Town · 15%

Step 5 · The bill

$12,166/yr
Public schools$8,265
Somerset County$2,064
Town of Montgomery$1,837
Montgomery average$17,440

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

Town median 50.5%
This home · 46.2%

38%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montgomery'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
13 CASTLETON ROAD2025-08$725,0002,01348.5%
1702 BERGEN COURT2025-07$695,0001,99844.5%
36 TRUMAN AVENUE2026-05$679,0002,07052.9%
82 CASTLETON ROAD2026-03$644,0002,04553.1%
1904 BERGEN COURT2025-10$735,0001,99843.3%
223 RIP VAN DAM COURT2025-11$617,0002,21450.5%
122 RIP VAN DAM COURT2025-02$565,0002,21454.5%
125 TOMAHAWK COURT2025-12$525,0002,21458.1%
50 TRUMAN AVENUE2025-07$699,3501,92251.3%
44 KENNEDY COURT2025-03$770,0001,92245.3%
32 KENNEDY COURT2025-11$722,5001,92248.5%
111 CASTLETON ROAD2026-06$715,0001,96448.4%

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