The Fair Share Report

74 Cherry Ln

Bernards, NJ 07920

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

≈ $628,378

Likely range $508,074 – $883,203, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $628,378 home should be assessed near $597,713.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$867,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $270,187 above what the ratio math suggests (45.2%).

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

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

This home's own bill implies $1.600 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$13,891/yr
Public schools$9,011
Somerset County$2,535
Town of Bernards$2,345
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 138.1%

80%176%

A touch high — worth watching

This home's ratio sits above most of Bernards, but doesn't clear NJ's legal appeal line (100.00%).

The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
10 NANCY LN2025-04$650,0001,79293.8%
494 KING GEORGE RD2026-05$570,0001,57295.9%
77 WOODSTONE RD2026-04$850,0001,61888.4%
436 MT AIRY RD2026-02$790,0001,41691.8%
8 BEECHWOOD RD2026-06$1,000,0002,06077.0%
15 DEXTER DR N2026-02$900,0001,68482.5%
128 SUNSET LN2025-06$875,0001,80490.6%
10 VALLEY VIEW DR2025-03$565,0001,66495.8%
60 WOODWARD LN2026-06$535,0001,76489.5%
229 ENGLISH PL2025-01$531,0001,76493.9%
19 S ALWARD AVE2025-04$810,0001,66093.7%
7 VALLEY VIEW DR2026-06$600,0001,81690.5%

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