The Fair Share Report

8 Ross Ave

Demarest, NJ 07624

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

≈ $876,244

Likely range $824,747 – $991,599, from 12 comparable Demarest sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 1,633 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

101.41%

The state's official measure of how far Demarest assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $876,244 home should be assessed near $888,599.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$785,900

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $102,699 below what the ratio math suggests (11.6%).

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

$1.805 per $100 assessed

$1.149 Schools · 64% $0.219 County · 12% $0.438 Town · 24%

Step 5 · The bill

$14,186/yr
Public schools$9,025
Bergen County$1,720
Town of Demarest$3,440
Demarest average$26,108

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

Town median 92.3%
This home · 89.7%

74%115%

Paying about right

This home's ratio lands inside Demarest'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
40 MEADOW ST2025-11$900,0001,78293.1%
93 STELFOX ST2025-08$730,0001,72696.3%
3 LOIS AVE2025-02$770,0001,43591.1%
65 LENOX AVE2025-07$965,0001,64591.7%
25 MEADOW ST2026-03$790,0001,30183.4%
16 SUNSET RD2025-01$750,0001,70495.0%
15 LOIS AVE2025-12$1,495,0002,07982.9%
15 LOIS AVE2025-04$900,0002,079137.7%
16 JOHN ST2025-12$1,175,0001,75078.9%
52 EDWARD ST2026-04$1,100,0001,84592.9%
32 HIGHLAND AVE2025-12$999,9991,90388.8%
31 MADISON AVE2026-04$855,0001,38686.2%

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