Though blockchain has been primarily used in financial and legal services, this Chicago county office is looking to introduce the technology to real estate recordkeeping. On Oct. 7, the Cook ...

Cook County approved a 2026 property tax levy of $13,780,089 on December 16, marking a 7.57% increase over the previous year.

The Cook County Board of Review will extend the appeals window for some townships. After a four-month delay, many Cook County property owners got a shock when their property tax bills arrived. The ...

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 ...

Homeowners in some of the city’s most affordable neighborhoods may be surprised to see a spike in their property tax bills that were mailed out Friday. Residential property tax bills are rising ...

Karin Schluecker Korth says her house is too big for her, but she doesn’t want to leave. It holds the memory of her late husband Bruce, who died in 2015; his spirit is in the house, she says. Her ...

Like a haunted house, property taxes can creep up and surprise property owners if they are not prepared. Many Illinois property owners may not understand how crucial it is to be aware of the many ...

This story is a collaboration between the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune. Chicago homeowners are being walloped with a record property tax hike, with some of the city’s poorest ...

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