COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- Hundreds of properties throughout Cook County are being misclassified or undervalued, resulting in a significant loss in tax dollars. That's according to an investigation by ...

Illinois lawmakers are clashing over a Cook County property tax relief plan that restricts the types of evidence the Cook ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Did you get sticker shock from your Cook County property tax bill this summer? You have two options to get your taxes lowered. First, file an appeal of your property tax assessment ...

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 ...

4. Check the Cook County Assessors website to determine if they have overstated the quantity or quality of improvements. For example, when I bought my home, the assessor had it listed at 1,700 square ...

A Cook County senior is upset because his property tax refund is delayed, and it turns out what he thought was a small problem is actually a big mess affecting 25,000 taxpayers. A few years ago, Tom ...

Real estate investors are downright scared of Chicago property taxes. Almost everyone agrees Cook County’s real estate tax system is in need of major reforms, and at least some believe Assessor Fritz ...

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 ...

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