The Fair Share Report

82 Ocean Ave

Berkeley, NJ 08752

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

≈ $505,925

Likely range $386,304 – $840,561, 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 $505,925 home should be assessed near $267,887.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$728,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $460,113 above what the ratio math suggests (171.8%).

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

$18,855/yr
Public schools$8,831
Ocean County$4,237
Town of Berkeley$5,788
Berkeley average$5,442

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

Town median 46.3%
This home · 143.9%

30%194%

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 $11,917/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%
40 MILL CREEK COURT2024-12$399,9991,91252.3%
10 MILL CREEK COURT2025-09$420,0001,91255.2%
1071 BAYVIEW AVE2025-06$1,100,0001,84453.8%
174 FIFTH AVE2025-05$549,0001,75041.0%
236 CEDAR DR2025-02$824,9001,84046.9%
100 TWENTIETH AVE2025-04$982,5001,94552.2%
234 SECOND AVE2025-12$589,0002,04948.4%
16 LENA CT2025-07$505,0001,76148.3%
18 SKIMMER LANE2025-07$495,0001,72855.4%
73 TIMBERLINE RD2025-11$550,0001,76850.0%

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