The Fair Share Report

9 Breen Terr

Wayne, NJ 07470

The town adjusts for market price changes once a year — but only based on the average price change of all homes in the area. This report checks whether this house's assessment kept pace.

This home's payments are about right

It sits inside Wayne's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $898,760

Likely range $863,686 – $1,029,663, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months, at this home's 2,943 sq ft.

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

35.82%

The state's official measure of how far Wayne assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $898,760 home should be assessed near $321,936.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$273,400

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $48,536 below what the ratio math suggests (15.1%).

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

$5.998 per $100 assessed

$3.337 Schools · 56% $1.251 County · 21% $1.409 Town · 23%

Step 5 · The bill

$16,399/yr
Public schools$9,125
Passaic County$3,421
Town of Wayne$3,853
Wayne average$13,868

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

Town median 29.7%
This home · 30.4%

19%47%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
4 HIGHFIELD COURT2026-04$910,0002,97427.4%
25 FERN TERR2025-08$800,0002,88737.8%
525 PINES LAKE DR2026-04$1,115,0002,91325.9%
44 PIERMONT TERR2025-09$836,6342,97427.8%
39 BRAEMAR DR2025-01$867,0002,83931.0%
55 LEWIS ST2025-06$799,9992,63125.5%
33 GEORGIA DR2026-05$935,0003,18632.0%
45 KIME AVE2026-06$999,0003,15829.9%
62 WILSON AVE2025-05$1,065,0003,04431.4%
14 LOUISA CT2026-04$999,0002,63730.0%
4 CORVAIR PLACE2025-09$815,0002,87232.4%
134 LAAUWE AVE2025-02$800,0002,66230.5%

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