Cook County liable for property tax sale violations, judge rules

Since 2020, nearly 2,500 homeowners not only lost their properties, but also the surplus equity in those homes after their ...
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Cook County homeowners get smarter on property taxes

Cook County is offering more tools, data, and transparency to help property owners understand and verify their property assessments. From open data releases to detailed methodology worksheets, ...
Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Again with the late property tax bills, Cook County?

This is a particularly bad year in Chicago for second-installment property tax bills to arrive late. One year after Cook County property tax officials congratulated themselves for getting the second ...
ABC7

'Highballed': Communities of color over-taxed in Chicago area; what's being done to fix the problem

CHICAGO -- ABC News, ABC-Owned Television Stations and the ABC7 Chicago I-Team are finding that too many Black and Latino homeowners are being "highballed." They are more likely to pay higher property ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Plans are underway to end Cook County’s property tax sales

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Daily Herald

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi lost big where property taxes in city, suburbs soared

The frustration Cook County homeowners feel about rising property taxes came out loud and clear in Tuesday’s race for county assessor — losing incumbent Fritz Kaegi performed the poorest in areas ...