Cook County homeowners often miss some of the property tax breaks for which their properties qualify and end up paying more money than they need on their property taxes. Property Tax Exemptions Can Help In addition to appealing the appraised […]

High Cook County property taxes make neighboring Indiana look attractive to homeowners who work in the city. After all, a $1.55 million house in Chesterton, Ind., has an annual property tax bill of $11,200. A similarly priced home in Glenview […]

Illinois has a pension-fund shortage, and the continued solution for shoring up that fund has fallen on the backs of residential and commercial property taxpayers. Now, the Chicago Fed has introduced the idea a statewide residential property tax of 1 […]