The Fair Share Report

720 Berdan Ave

Wayne, NJ 07470

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

≈ $865,796

Likely range $788,877 – $1,275,480, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 3,454 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

35.82%

The state's official measure of how far Wayne assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $865,796 home should be assessed near $310,128.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$396,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $86,672 above what the ratio math suggests (27.9%).

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

$5.998 per $100 assessed

$3.337 Schools · 56% $1.251 County · 21% $1.409 Town · 23%

Step 5 · The bill

$23,800/yr
Public schools$13,243
Passaic County$4,965
Town of Wayne$5,592
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 45.8%

19%56%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Wayne'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
801 FOUR SEASONS DR2025-12$530,00031.2%
1360 HAMBURG TPKE2026-06$620,0003,95533.9%
1360 HAMBURG TPKE2025-08$925,0004,05025.6%
118 TALL GRASS DR2025-11$1,175,0002,90628.7%
1360 HAMBURG TPKE2025-07$520,0002,75531.3%
1360 HAMBURG TPKE2026-03$685,0002,74825.2%
1360 HAMBURG TPKE2025-05$440,0002,60035.6%
49 PONDS CIRCLE2025-04$660,0002,63331.9%
31 IOWA RD2025-04$1,100,0003,64028.6%
53 PONDS CIRCLE2026-02$625,0002,52138.1%
1377 ROUTE 232025-01$4,950,0003,51636.3%
40 IVY PLACE2025-01$939,9003,51846.8%

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