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Aug. 6, 2025

A property assessment increase has to be significant enough to exceed the maximum amounts set by the state legislature. Savings from the Long-Time Homeowner Exemption would have to exceed the savings from the Standard Homeowner Exemption in order to qualify. To put this into perspective, of the 1.5 million residential properties in Cook County, approximately 11,000 properties qualified for this exemption last year. That is less than 2% of homeowners!

Dec. 30, 2024

The Cook County Assessor will reassess your property for taxing purposes every three years. Chicago is scheduled for its reassessment in 2027.

May 13, 2021

Are you curious about where your tax dollars are going? Essentially, your tax dollars go towards services like police, jails, schools, streets, parks, community colleges, public hospitals, courts, mosquito abatement, sewage treatment, and much more.

April 14, 2021

Rehabbing a historic home can come with many headaches. There are the high costs associated with electrical rewiring, making foundation and structural repairs, reconfiguring plumbing, removing environmental toxins like asbestos, lead, radon, wood rot and mold.

Feb. 10, 2021

Many senior citizens are having a difficult time paying their property taxes. Well, now they can take advantage of the Senior Citizen Real Estate Tax Deferral program administered by the Cook County Treasurer’s Office.

Dec. 18, 2020

Are you wondering whether or not you are due a refund on your property taxes? More than $100 million in property tax refunds is owed to thousands of Cook County residents, according to Maria Pappas, and most have no idea they are due money.

Nov. 18, 2020

According to the Office of the Cook County Clerk, there are four impactful factors that affect whether or not individual property tax bills will increase or decrease.

Oct. 20, 2020