The Fair Share Report

725 Springfield Ave

Summit, NJ 07901

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

≈ $2,005,885

Likely range $1,769,870 – $2,433,632, from 12 comparable Summit sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

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 $2,005,885 home should be assessed near $618,013.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$447,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $170,213 below what the ratio math suggests (27.5%).

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

$20,021/yr
Public schools$10,458
Union County$4,891
Town of Summit$4,672
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 22.3%

13%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
126 WEST END AVE2025-08$1,975,0002,92526.4%
37 WADE DR2025-12$2,151,0002,55228.1%
12 ARDEN PL2025-09$2,800,0003,15129.3%
59 NEW ENGLAND AVE UNIT 52026-06$1,999,9992,29431.3%
59 NEW ENGLAND AVE UNIT 82025-05$2,195,0002,29430.3%
35 BLACKBURN PL2025-05$2,000,0002,65622.6%
159 KENT PLACE BLVD2025-08$2,525,0003,53827.8%
709 SPRINGFIELD AVE UNIT12026-04$1,300,0002,23030.1%
50 PORTLAND RD2025-04$2,175,0002,70527.6%
14 JOANNA WAY2026-03$1,950,0002,61724.7%
1 SWEETBRIAR RD2025-03$2,500,0002,73623.8%
16 LITTLE WOLF RD2026-02$1,900,0002,73123.6%

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