2020 Triennial reassessment notices were mailed to River Forest Township homeowners on Friday, February 7^th. Homeowners in River Forest Township have 40 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 March 19^th.

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 River Forest 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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2019 assessment notices for River Forest were mailed by the Cook County Assessor’s office to homeowners on February 6^th. Property owners have a 30 day window to appeal their assessed value at the Assessor’s office until the deadline of March 8^th.

Homeowners should review their assessments annually and appeal each year if and when there is a strong argument that their home may not be assessed fairly. River Forest is scheduled to be reassessed in 2020, however, if you feel that your assessment is not fair there is no need to wait to appeal until next year, you have the option to appeal every year. If you’d like a second opinion on your assessed value as it compares to other similar properties contact us for a free, no obligation, professional analysis of your property.
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The Assessor’s Office has mailed 2018 assessment notices to River Forest property owners. You may appeal your assessment each year during the 30 day window which is now open and will close on March 6^th.

Cook County reassesses properties triennially through a mass appraisal system. River Forest was last reassessed in 2017 and if you appealed and were successful on your 2017 tax year appeal you will see those savings this summer on your 2^nd installment property tax bill (the 1^st installment bill you recently received is always 55% of the previous year’s total tax).
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The Cook County Assessor’s Office has announced that triennial reassessment notices were mailed on February 2, 2017, for River Forest Township. The deadline to appeal your assessment at the Cook County Assessor’s Office is March 7, 2017.

River Forest Township is one of seventeen townships in the south suburban group which will be reassessed in 2017. Valuation statistics for River Forest Township can be found here.

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