The Fair Share Report

8 Walnut St

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

≈ $770,689

Likely range $634,632 – $1,537,090, 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 $770,689 home should be assessed near $237,449.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$189,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $48,449 below what the ratio math suggests (20.4%).

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

$8,450/yr
Public schools$4,414
Union County$2,064
Town of Summit$1,972
Summit average$19,697

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

Town median 26.5%
This home · 24.5%

7%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
8 JOHN ST2025-04$470,0001,59736.1%
16 FAIRVIEW AVE2026-05$1,415,0001,53624.3%
51 TULIP ST2025-07$1,460,0001,64823.6%
1 BALTUSROL PL2026-05$619,9001,48023.4%
80 GLENSIDE AVE2025-06$680,0001,68028.4%
71 BROAD ST2025-10$821,0001,84921.2%
41 ASHLAND RD2025-05$1,250,0881,48023.1%
77 TULIP ST2025-11$875,0001,49633.3%
4 SUMMIT AVE2025-01$871,5001,85026.3%
133 MORRIS AVE2026-05$615,0001,56423.9%
84 ASHWOOD AVE2026-02$940,0001,34022.7%
40 ORCHARD STREET2025-02$618,0001.1%

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