The Fair Share Report

97 Baldwin Ct

Bernards, NJ 07920

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

Step 1 · Market value

≈ $541,010

Likely range $492,514 – $602,329, from 12 comparable Bernards sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).

Step 2 · The Director's Ratio

95.12%

The state's official measure of how far Bernards assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $541,010 home should be assessed near $514,609.

Step 3 · Assessed value

$496,000

Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $18,609 below what the ratio math suggests (3.6%).

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

$1.687 per $100 assessed

$1.095 Schools · 65% $0.308 County · 18% $0.285 Town · 17%

Step 5 · The bill

$8,310/yr
Public schools$5,391
Somerset County$1,516
Town of Bernards$1,403
Bernards average$14,733

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

Town median 94.1%
This home · 91.7%

77%106%

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

AddressSoldPriceSq ftRatio
3 VILLAGE DR2026-05$550,0001,57894.4%
10 COUNTRYSIDE DR2025-05$495,0001,53494.2%
110 VILLAGE DR2026-05$554,0001,57887.7%
87 COUNTRYSIDE DR2025-05$505,0001,55696.3%
67 WOODWARD LN2026-02$492,0001,59698.8%
408 PENNS WAY2025-06$517,5001,59691.5%
471 PENNS WAY2025-03$598,0001,65691.6%
51 CONKLING ST2025-04$650,0001,45699.9%
51 CONKLING ST2025-01$570,9001,456113.8%
63 ASPEN DR2025-06$555,5551,44397.7%
62 ASPEN DR2025-04$592,0001,44385.4%
26 HAMPTON CT2026-03$857,5001,68087.9%

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