City home values only glimmer in bleak Cook property value report
This article discusses the Civic Federation's Estimated Full Value of Real Property in Cook County report, released…
This article discusses the Civic Federation's Estimated Full Value of Real Property in Cook County report, released…
The Civic Federation today released its annual estimate of the full value of real estate in Chicago and the Cook County suburbs. After the rate of decline in estimated property values slowed for the County as a whole in 2011, the rate of…
(CHICAGO) The full market value of real estate in Cook County was approximately $414.4 billion in tax assessment year 2012 according to an annual estimate released today by the Civic Federation. The 2012 total value estimate represents a…
This report provides estimates of the total market value of real property in Cook County from 2003-2012 and shows how property value is spread among the City of Chicago, the northern and the southern suburbs.The full market value of…
Second installment property tax bills for Cook County residents were mailed out this month, the third year in a row that they have been sent out on time. Between tax year 1977 and tax year 2011, second installment bills were sent out late…
Last week Cook County Clerk David Orr announced upcoming changes to property tax bills…
Under Illinois law, the State is required to share a certain portion of state income tax receipts with municipal and county governments…
This article discusses the relationship between property taxes, politics and Chicago’s drastic unfunded pension liabilities. Governor Quinn vowed to veto an early version of a pension reform bill for two of Chicago’s pension funds that…
UPDATE: Illinois General Assembly Passes FY2015 Budget On May 30, 2014, a day before the end of the Illinois General Assembly’s regular spring session, the Senate passed the FY2015 budget previously approved by the House. As discussed…
This article covers the analysis of Governor Quinn’s FY2015 Recommended Budget released today by the Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability at the Civic…