The Fair Share Report

86 Second St

Somerville, NJ 08876

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

≈ $580,000

Likely range $400,000 – $707,000, from 12 comparable Somerville sales in the past 18 months.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

58.80%

The state's official measure of how far Somerville assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $580,000 home should be assessed near $341,040.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$107,800

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $233,240 below what the ratio math suggests (68.4%).

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

$4.078 per $100 assessed

$2.388 Schools · 59% $0.552 County · 14% $1.138 Town · 28%

Step 5 · The bill

$4,397/yr
Public schools$2,575
Somerset County$595
Town of Somerville$1,227
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 18.6%

10%73%

Keep quiet and enjoy it

This home's assessment ratio sits below the Somerville pack — the frozen assessment is treating it kindly. It pays less than a fresh look would charge.

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
17-D LOESER AVENUE2026-04$400,0001,19038.1%
81 EAST CLIFF STREET2025-07$388,0001,14035.3%
53 EAST CLIFF STREET2025-06$450,0001,14030.4%
26 W BROWN ST2025-06$640,0001,77951.0%
231 GROVE ST2026-06$707,0001,90747.3%
420 WILLIAM STREET2026-06$810,0002,27351.0%
28 MECHANIC ST2025-05$755,0001,81653.7%
7 SOMER DRIVE2025-05$580,0001,42051.2%
55 FAIRMONT AVE2025-08$450,0001,00656.1%
56 FIELDSTONE DRIVE2025-10$635,0001,97149.0%
12 SCHOOLHOUSE LANE2025-11$499,0001,57757.4%
19 CATALINA DR2025-01$580,0001,95152.4%

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