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Board of Review Opens Group 7 for 2024 Property Tax Appeals!

Attention Cook County homeowners! The Board of Review has opened the 2024 property tax appeal window for Group 7. If you live in Bloom, Hanover, Niles, North Chicago, or South Chicago Township, now is the time to act!

Important Deadline: Submit your appeal by February 04, 2025.

If you missed the earlier appeal period or weren’t satisfied with your previous Assessor’s office decision, don’t worry—there’s still time to make your case. Property assessments can be contested yearly, so take advantage of this opportunity!

Why appeal? A successful appeal could reduce your 2024 assessed value and provide significant tax relief for the 2025 second installment.

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North Chicago Township 2024 Triennial Reassessments Mailed

2024 Triennial reassessment notices were mailed to North Chicago Township homeowners on October 15, 2024.

Homeowners in North Chicago Township have 44 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 November 27, 2024.

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 North Chicago 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. Continue reading →

Board of Review Opens Group 7 for 2023 Appeals

The Cook County Board of Review has opened 2023 property tax appeals for the seventh group. The Board’s deadline to appeal your 2023 assessed value is January 26, 2024. Below are the townships that are currently open in Group 7:

    • Niles
    • Proviso
    • North Chicago
    • South Chicago

Assessments can be appealed every year, regardless of when a township was reassessed. If you missed your appeal opportunity at the Assessor’s office earlier in the year, or if you did appeal and weren’t satisfied with the result, you have a second opportunity to appeal at the Board of Review. Appealing your home’s 2023 assessed value is the only way to achieve property tax relief on your second installment property tax bill in the fall of 2024, other than selling your home or claiming a new exemption.
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Board of Review Opens Group 9 2021 Appeals

The Cook County Board of Review has opened 2021 property tax appeals for the ninth group. The Board’s deadline to appeal your 2021 assessed value is May 26, 2022. Below are the townships that are currently open in Group 9:

  • Lake
  • Lyons
  • North Chicago
  • South Chicago
  • Worth

Assessments can be appealed every year, regardless of when a township was reassessed. If you missed your appeal opportunity at the Assessor’s office earlier in the year, or if you did appeal and weren’t satisfied with the result, you have a second opportunity to appeal at the Board of Review. Appealing your home’s 2021 assessed value is the only way to achieve property tax relief on your second installment property tax bill in the Autumn of 2022, other than selling your home or claiming a new exemption.
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North Township 2021 Triennial Reassessments Mailed

2021 Triennial reassessment notices were mailed to North Township homeowners on Friday, September 17, 2021. The following cities, towns, and villages are in North Township: Gold Coast, Loop, Old Town, River North, and Streeterville.

Homeowners in North Township have 32 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 October 19th.
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Board of Review Opens Group 10 for 2020 Appeals

The Cook County Board of Review has opened 2020 property tax appeals for the tenth group of townships. The Board’s deadline to appeal your 2020 assessed value is January 21, 2021. Below are the townships that are currently open in Group 10:

  • Lake
  • North Chicago

If you missed your appeal opportunity at the Assessor’s office earlier in the year, or if you did appeal and weren’t satisfied with the result, you have a second opportunity to appeal at the Board of Review. Appealing your home’s 2020 assessed value is the only way to achieve property tax relief on your second installment property tax bill in July 2021, other than selling your home or claiming a new exemption. Assessments can be appealed every year, regardless of when a township was reassessed.
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North Chicago Township 2020 Assessment Notices Mailed

2020 property assessment notices were mailed by the Cook County Assessor’s office on Friday September 25, 2020, to North Chicago Township property owners. The following cities, towns, and villages are in North Chicago Township: Gold Coast, Loop, Old Town, River North, and Streeterville. The window to appeal your 2020 assessed value is now open until the deadline of November 02, 2020.

We suggest property owners review their assessments annually and appeal whenever there is a strong evidence based argument that your home may not be assessed fairly. North Chicago Township’s next triennial reassessment is scheduled for 2021. However, if you feel that your assessment is not fair there is no need to wait to appeal, property owners have the right to appeal every year at the Assessor’s office and at the Board of Review. If you’d like a professional opinion on your home’s assessed value as it compares to similar properties in your neighborhood contact us for a free, no obligation, review and analysis of your home.
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A Taxing Year for Chicago Homeowners

Chicago rowhouse neighborhoodChicago residents won’t see the 2020 property tax hikes some had feared under a city budget that holds property tax increases to $18 million for public libraries, but it is little relief for a city still absorbing multiyear increases imposed to cover unfunded pension obligations– and the sting of this year’s reassessments, which hit some North Side and Central neighborhoods hard.

Pension pressures still loom large over the city of Chicago, which faces a pension burden “the largest of any U.S. city,” according to The Wall Street Journal.

Meanwhile, the five-year contract that resolved the recent teachers’ strike will carry a price tag estimated at $1.5 billion.
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Board of Review Opens Group 9 for 2019 Appeals

Chicago rowhouse neighborhood The Cook County Board of Review has opened 2019 property tax appeals for the ninth group. The Board’s deadline to appeal your 2019 assessed value is January 8th. Below are the townships that are currently open in Group 9:

  • Bloom
  • Hanover
  • Niles
  • Rich
  • Thornton
  • Lake
  • North Chicago
  • South Chicago

If you missed your appeal opportunity at the Assessor’s office earlier in the year, or if you did appeal and weren’t satisfied with the result, you have a second opportunity to appeal at the Board of Review. Appealing your home’s 2019 assessed value is the only way to achieve property tax relief on your second installment property tax bill in July 2020, other than selling your home or claiming a new exemption. Assessments can be appealed every year, regardless of when a township was reassessed.
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Hard-hit Chicago Homeowners Could Face Additional Property Tax Hikes

Hard-hit Chicago Homeowners Could Face Additional Property Tax Hikes

Faced with a pension crisis and a budget shortfall of $838 million next year, Chicago’s mayor says additional property tax increases cannot be ruled out.

In comments made as part of her state of the city speech and more recently at a conference for municipal bond investors, Mayor Lori Lightfoot made it clear that other proposals for closing the gap, including the refinancing of some high-cost debt, may not be enough to avoid having to go back to property owners for the revenue that will be needed to meet the city’s pension obligations and other budget needs.

The gap, a third of which is attributed to pension costs, is the result of the city’s long-term failure to meet pension obligations and fix the structural problems that have caused the crisis, Lightfoot said.
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