The Fair Share Report

80 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

≈ $710,212

Likely range $635,966 – $913,774, 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 $710,212 home should be assessed near $675,554.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$943,200

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $267,646 above what the ratio math suggests (39.6%).

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 $1.591 per $100 — below the general rate, usually a deduction on the bill (senior, veteran, disabled).

Step 5 · The bill

$15,005/yr
Public schools$9,733
Somerset County$2,738
Town of Bernards$2,533
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 132.8%

80%154%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (100.00%) — roughly $4,515/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
8 BEECHWOOD RD2026-06$1,000,0002,06077.0%
10 NANCY LN2025-04$650,0001,79293.8%
4 VAN DORN RD2025-01$920,0002,18496.2%
247 LYONS RD2026-03$920,0001,97293.0%
1 BRADFORD LN2026-04$900,0001,99482.0%
35 ROBERTS CIR2026-04$727,0002,02286.0%
494 KING GEORGE RD2026-05$570,0001,57295.9%
40 MAPLE RUN2025-02$606,0001,89298.2%
5 VILLAGE DR2025-04$609,5001,86695.4%
7 VALLEY VIEW DR2026-06$600,0001,81690.5%
28 VALLEY VIEW DR2025-04$551,0001,81695.7%
3 FAIRBANKS LN2025-02$695,0002,09690.3%

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