The Fair Share Report

80 Ocean Ave

Berkeley, NJ 07450

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

≈ $505,080

Likely range $458,584 – $643,717, from 12 comparable Berkeley sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

52.95%

The state's official measure of how far Berkeley assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $505,080 home should be assessed near $267,440.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$703,100

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $435,660 above what the ratio math suggests (162.9%).

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

$2.590 per $100 assessed

$1.213 Schools · 47% $0.582 County · 22% $0.795 Town · 31%

Step 5 · The bill

$18,210/yr
Public schools$8,529
Ocean County$4,092
Town of Berkeley$5,590
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 139.2%

30%159%

Looks meaningfully over-assessed

Even at the generous end of the range, this home's ratio clears the Chapter 123 appeal line (60.89%) — roughly $11,284/yr at stake. NJ appeals are generally due April 1.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
211 PINE DR2026-03$827,0001,76046.7%
19 BERKELEY CROSSING WAY2026-03$385,0001,81257.4%
128 SLOOP CREEK RD2026-04$515,5001,60943.8%
202 THIRD AVE2026-05$435,0001,50447.3%
174 FIFTH AVE2025-05$549,0001,75041.0%
1071 BAYVIEW AVE2025-06$1,100,0001,84453.8%
78 DOLPHIN CIRCLE EAST2025-08$475,0001,64250.2%
64 DOLPHIN CIRCLE EAST2025-03$489,9001,64248.0%
7 BRANCHWOOD PL2026-06$610,0001,57845.4%
236 CEDAR DR2025-02$824,9001,84046.9%
18 BLUE HERON LANE2025-05$585,0001,57944.0%
24 BLUE HERON LANE2025-03$565,6001,57945.0%

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