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The Cook County Assessor’s Office has announced that assessment notices were mailed on April 20, 2016, for Berwyn Township.
The deadline to file a 2016 property tax appeal at the Cook County Assessor’s Office is May 20, 2016.
Assessment notices for tax year 2017 were mailed by the Cook County Assessor’s office to Elk Grove Township. The Assessor’s office is now accepting 2017 property tax appeals for Elk Grove. The deadline to file an appeal of your assessment at the Assessor’s office is May 24th.
Elk Grove was reassessed in 2016. However, you have the right to appeal your assessment every year, regardless of the reassessment year. Given the ever changing housing market and valuations we believe it is in your best interest to review your assessment each year to examine whether or not you have a strong case for an appeal. Contact us today and we can offer you a free professional analysis on whether or not an appeal makes sense for you in 2017.
The Cook County Assessor’s office mailed 2018 reassessment notices to Rogers Park property owners on Monday, April 23rd. Valuation statistics from the Assessor’s office are located here. If you own property in Rogers Park you have 30 days to appeal your assessment at the Assessor’s office and will have a second opportunity later in the year at the Board of Review. The deadline for appealing at the Assessor’s office is May 23rd.
In order to ensure that you do not pay more than your fair share in property taxes we recommend you review your assessment annually and appeal whenever there is a strong case to be made (others also make this recommendation). Successfully appealing your assessed value in a reassessment year may provide 3 years of savings on your future property tax bills.
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In her recent article, Are You Paying Too Much Property Tax?, Vera Gibbons of Zillow identifies five ways to help ensure you’re not paying more in property taxes than you should:
If you think you may qualify for a property tax reduction on your property taxes for your home or business because of anything listed above or for any other reason, contact us for a free estimate on the maximum deduction we project for you.
We’ve helped more than 10,000 clients in Cook County and throughout the Chicagoland area save $1,000 or more on their property taxes since 1999.
If you didn’t know it already, property tax season announces itself with a mailbox full of solicitations offering to help you appeal your assessment.
The pitches are similar, with lots of exclamation point-punctuated promises of the hypothetical savings you may see!
But here’s what you may not know: if you live in one of the city of Chicago townships and have received one of these letters it is impossible that a factual analysis with current data has been conducted because the city township reassessment data has not been released yet.
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2020 Triennial reassessment notices were mailed to Calumet Township homeowners on Monday, April 20th. Homeowners in Calumet Township have 36 days to appeal their assessment at the Assessor’s office (there will be a second opportunity to appeal later in the year at the Board of Review, whether you appeal at the Assessor’s office or not). The deadline for appealing at the Assessor’s office is May 26th.
We recommend homeowners review their assessment annually, particularly in a triennial reassessment year, to ensure they do not pay more than their fair share in property taxes. Successfully appealing in a reassessment year may provide 3 years of savings on future property tax bills. If you would like a free analysis of your Calumet Township home, in comparison to similar properties, we would be happy to conduct a “no obligation” analysis and provide you with a free estimate of how much we believe we could help you save with an appeal.
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The Cook County Assessor’s Office has announced that assessment notices were mailed on April 20, 2015, for Maine Township.
The deadline to file a 2015 property tax appeal is May 20, 2015.
The Cook County Assessor’s Office mailed 2018 assessment notices to Maine Township property owners on Friday, April 20th. The 30 day window to appeal your assessed value in Maine Township is now open through the deadline of May 21st.
We recommend you review your assessment each year and appeal whenever there is a strong case to be made. This is the only way to ensure that you do not pay more than your fair share in property taxes (and we are not the only ones making this recommendation).
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Triennial reassessment notices were mailed to Elk Grove Township homeowners on April 18th. The following towns are in Elk Grove Township: Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village, Mount Prospect, Rolling Meadows, Schaumburg (east edge), Wood Dale, and Des Plaines (west edge). Homeowners in Elk Grove Township have 30 days to appeal their assessment at the Assessor’s office (there is also a second opportunity to appeal later in the year at the Board of Review). The deadline for appealing at the Assessor’s office is May 29th.
Valuation statistics from the Cook County Assessor’s office for Elk Grove Township can be found here. We suggest homeowners review their assessment annually, especially in a reassessment year, to ensure they do not pay more than their fair share in property taxes. Successfully appealing in a reassessment year may provide 3 years of savings on future property tax bills. If you would like a free analysis of your Elk Grove home, in comparison to similar properties, we are happy to conduct a “no obligation” analysis and provide you with a free estimate of how much we believe we could help you save with an appeal.
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We’ve previously covered how you can appeal your own Cook County property taxes on a do-it-yourself (DIY) basis. We’ve also covered why this approach could result in your leaving money on the table and why using online services may not be much better.
This blog explains why you might leave money on the table in more detail, and why it’s important to at least consider working with an experienced partner like Kensington to appeal your property taxes and to get a reduction ranging from $2,700 to $46,000 over the triennial period.
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