The Fair Share Report

95 Third 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 $450,000 – $601,000, 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

$193,300

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $147,740 below what the ratio math suggests (43.3%).

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

$7,885/yr
Public schools$4,617
Somerset County$1,067
Town of Somerville$2,200
Somerville average$11,264

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

Town median 49.0%
This home · 33.3%

27%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
55 FAIRMONT AVE2025-08$450,0001,00656.1%
19 CATALINA DR2025-01$580,0001,95152.4%
12 SCHOOLHOUSE LANE2025-11$499,0001,57757.4%
56 FIELDSTONE DRIVE2025-10$635,0001,97149.0%
11 SEVILLE DRIVE2025-08$590,0001,12649.1%
7 SOMER DRIVE2025-05$580,0001,42051.2%
18 RIVIERA DR2025-10$420,0001,09058.6%
53 SYCAMORE ST2025-09$600,0001,75152.6%
261 DAVENPORT ST2025-06$589,0001,15248.2%
20 SPEER ST2025-11$539,0002,05651.1%
484 E MAIN ST2026-02$615,0002,28254.2%
16 HALSEY ST2025-07$445,0001,00051.0%

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