The Fair Share Report
98 Birch Ln
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.
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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
Likely range $580,195 – $756,407, from 12 comparable Wayne sales in the past 18 months (home size estimated from assessor data — range widened).
Step 2 · The Director's Ratio
The state's official measure of how far Wayne assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $603,471 home should be assessed near $216,163.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $3,237 above what the ratio math suggests (1.5%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Wayne home
$3.337 Schools · 56% $1.251 County · 21% $1.409 Town · 23%
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Wayne sale · assessed ÷ market
19%47%
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 PONDS CIRCLE | 2026-05 | $600,000 | 2,420 | 35.0% |
| 16 PONDS CIRCLE | 2025-02 | $645,000 | 2,420 | 30.3% |
| 47 MATTHEW RD | 2026-04 | $620,000 | 2,549 | 34.6% |
| 53 PONDS CIRCLE | 2026-02 | $625,000 | 2,521 | 38.1% |
| 29 PONDS CIRCLE | 2026-03 | $561,500 | 2,336 | 40.1% |
| 1360 HAMBURG TPKE | 2025-05 | $440,000 | 2,600 | 35.6% |
| 39 CAREY ARTHUR DR | 2026-05 | $745,000 | 2,419 | 26.6% |
| 87 BUTTERNUT DR | 2026-06 | $720,000 | 2,419 | 29.1% |
| 49 PONDS CIRCLE | 2025-04 | $660,000 | 2,633 | 31.9% |
| 35 MULFORD DR | 2025-04 | $520,000 | 2,455 | 46.3% |
| 35 MATTHEW RD | 2025-01 | $560,000 | 2,455 | 39.7% |
| 7 PUEBLO CIRCLE | 2025-10 | $750,000 | 2,423 | 34.6% |
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