The Fair Share Report
99 Fairmount Ave
Hackensack, NJ 07601
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 Hackensack's normal range — market price changes haven't singled it out. No case for a tax appeal.
Step 1 · Market value
Likely range $490,326 – $710,000, from 12 comparable Hackensack 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 Hackensack assessments sit below market value — republished every October, applied town-wide. A $603,347 home should be assessed near $449,976.
Step 3 · Assessed value
Set at the last town-wide revaluation and mostly frozen since. That's $40,476 below what the ratio math suggests (9.0%).
Step 4 · The tax rate — same for every Hackensack home
$1.457 Schools · 45% $0.291 County · 9% $1.460 Town · 46%
Step 5 · The bill
This home vs. every recent Hackensack sale · assessed ÷ market
49%91%
The evidence · comparable sales (SR1A usable-sale records)
| Address | Sold | Price | Sq ft | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 POPLAR AVE | 2025-06 | $465,000 | 1,363 | 73.9% |
| 189 HERMAN ST | 2025-10 | $705,000 | 1,408 | 54.3% |
| 194 LOUIS ST | 2025-07 | $690,000 | 1,724 | 60.9% |
| 418 TAYLOR AVE | 2026-03 | $655,000 | 1,545 | 53.1% |
| 88 CATALPA AVE. | 2025-06 | $620,000 | 1,499 | 62.5% |
| 27-29 MARTIN TERR | 2026-03 | $850,000 | 1,726 | 60.4% |
| 64 DAVIS AV | 2026-06 | $680,000 | 1,532 | 58.2% |
| 113 JOHN ST | 2025-03 | $580,000 | 1,416 | 47.3% |
| 335 PARKER AVE | 2025-05 | $450,000 | 1,332 | 76.7% |
| 363 KAPLAN AVE | 2025-12 | $505,000 | 1,514 | 64.3% |
| 178 FAIRMOUNT AVE | 2025-11 | $584,000 | 1,248 | 60.4% |
| 99 TROAST ST | 2025-10 | $630,000 | 1,312 | 58.8% |
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