The Fair Share Report

8 Grenada Pl

Montclair, NJ 07042

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

≈ $1,137,869

Likely range $633,473 – $1,200,446, from 12 comparable Montclair sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

56.26%

The state's official measure of how far Montclair assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $1,137,869 home should be assessed near $640,165.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$399,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $240,965 below what the ratio math suggests (37.6%).

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

$3.516 per $100 assessed

$2.019 Schools · 57% $0.575 County · 16% $0.922 Town · 26%

Step 5 · The bill

$14,036/yr
Public schools$8,060
Essex County$2,295
Town of Montclair$3,681
Montclair average$22,487

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

Town median 49.3%
This home · 35.1%

28%70%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Montclair'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
9 EMERSON PLACE2025-04$1,200,0001,91350.5%
17 GARDINER PLACE2025-02$730,0001,87250.1%
12 BRUCE ROAD2025-06$1,100,0001,83058.1%
210 GROVE STREET2025-08$1,300,0001,97642.1%
101 HADDON PLACE2025-04$1,050,0001,91861.0%
20 COLUMBUS AVENUE2026-06$1,200,0001,98552.2%
45 GODFREY ROAD2026-01$1,100,0001,80055.5%
153 ALEXANDER AVENUE2025-04$1,400,0001,81446.2%
601 UP. MOUNTAIN AVENUE2025-02$1,110,7991,81251.4%
149 WILLOWDALE AVENUE2026-05$699,0001,93648.4%
5 CANTERBURY DRIVE2026-04$1,025,0001,90837.2%
5 FRANKLIN AVENUE2026-01$610,0001,82957.5%

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