Chicago homeowners line up outside Cook County Assessor's office after property tax bills skyrocket

Many Chicago homeowners have been suffering from sticker shock, as property tax bills on the South and West sides have ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Cook County Assessor to correct thousands of property tax assessment errors in south, west suburbs

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Cook County Assessor is planning to correct thousands of assessment errors in the south and west suburbs after i-Team reports about mistakes and high increases in property tax ...
The Real Deal

Assessment errors hit thousands of suburban homeowners

The Cook County Assessor’s Office is taking steps to rectify thousands of assessment errors affecting homeowners in the south and west suburbs, following investigative reports that highlighted ...
Yahoo

The assessment on Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s home went down while his neighbors’ soared. What happened?

Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi owns a million-dollar, 120-year-old Prairie-style, two-story home on a spacious corner lot on the eastern side of Oak Park’s Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District.
Chicago Tribune

Cook County assessor: We are improving accuracy and fairness in property assessments

In a recent editorial, the Tribune Editorial Board argues that “the job of those who assess property for tax purposes is to get the calculations as correct as possible in light of what’s actually ...
ABC 7 Chicago

South suburban homeowners say property tax assessments raised up to 650%: 'I will probably move'

LYONS, Ill. (WLS) -- The ABC7 I-Team team has been looking into extraordinary increases in property tax assessments, leaving home owners panicked that they won't be able to afford to stay in their ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Editorial: The first step on the path toward saner property assessments

In another proof that history has an ironic streak, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is setting out to do what's needed doing for decades: fixing what's broken in Cook County's property ...
Crain's Chicago Business

Cook County's commercial property assessment process is broken — and here's Preckwinkle's plan to fix it

Toni Preckwinkle is tired of the bickering over how Cook County values commercial properties for tax purposes. She's hoping a new set of recommendations will fix the problem. The Cook County Board ...
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Cook County homeowners await property tax refund delays due to assessment errors: 'Very frustrating'

Cook County homeowners told the ABC7 I-Team they have continuing frustrations over money they are owed but never received. The I-Team investigated complaints about delayed property tax refunds and ...