The Fair Share Report

75 Cross Rd

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

≈ $940,840

Likely range $871,420 – $1,085,189, 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 $940,840 home should be assessed near $894,927.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$1,041,500

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $146,573 above what the ratio math suggests (16.4%).

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 $1.594 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$16,603/yr
Public schools$10,770
Somerset County$3,029
Town of Bernards$2,803
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 110.7%

80%125%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Bernards'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
6 DOGWOOD WAY2026-01$925,0002,95081.6%
134 SPENCER RD2026-05$1,100,0002,58285.8%
92 WHITENACK RD2026-01$944,9712,51695.5%
47 FIELDSTONE DR2025-04$1,355,0002,43685.2%
9 CROSS RD2025-01$1,075,0003,07298.0%
81 ATLAS RD2026-05$1,230,0002,45590.1%
257 LYONS RD2025-02$925,0002,60097.8%
312 GRIST MILL DR2025-03$1,025,0002,59695.3%
9 PALMERSTON PL2025-04$1,100,0002,590107.2%
101 WEXFORD WAY2026-06$1,024,0002,51690.8%
1273 MT AIRY RD2025-04$970,0002,75695.8%
46 DEXTER DR N2025-03$880,0002,75895.1%

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