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Analysis: Hanover Park pays property taxes two times national average
Property owners in Hanover Park paid nearly 2.5 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s more than two times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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Analysis: Elgin pays property taxes two times national average
Property owners in Elgin paid nearly 3 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s more than two times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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Analysis: Prospect Heights pays property taxes two times national average
Property owners in Prospect Heights paid nearly 2.5 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s more than two times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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Analysis: Palatine pays property taxes nearly two times national average
Property owners in Palatine paid nearly 2.3 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s almost two times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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Analysis: Bartlett pays property taxes two times national average
Property owners in Bartlett paid nearly 3.1 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s more than two times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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Analysis: Buffalo Grove pays property taxes two times national average
Property owners in Buffalo Grove paid more than 2.7 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s more than two times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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Analysis: Inverness pays property taxes two times national average
Property owners in Inverness paid nearly 2.7 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s more than two times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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Analysis: Rolling Meadows pay property taxes two times national average
Property owners in Rolling Meadows paid more than 2.6 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s more than two times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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Analysis: South Barrington pays property taxes two times national average
Property owners in South Barrington paid nearly 2.6 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s more than two times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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Streamwood pays property taxes two times national average
Property owners in Streamwood paid more than 2.5 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s more than two times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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Analysis: Barrington Hills pays property taxes three times national average
Property owners in Barrington Hills paid nearly 3.7 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s more than three times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in NW Cook County from Jan 1. to June 30.
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New property tax model used on Lake View Township residents this year
This year’s property tax assessments for Lake View Township were calculated using a new methodology aimed at improving accuracy, the assessor’s office said.
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Jefferson Township property assessed using new model this year
Residents of Chicago’s Jefferson Township have until Aug. 16 to appeal their new property tax assessments, which this year were calculated using a new model aimed at “reducing regressivity,” the assessor’s office said.
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From Chicago City Wire
Assessor candidate Kaegi raised $2.04M ahead of primary victory
Fritz Kaegi raised $7 per vote cast for him in the Cook County Assessor primary race last month compared to incumbent Joseph Berrios' $9 per vote, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.
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From South Cook News
Residential property taxes: How has your Cook County tax bill changed?
Homeowners in Evanston, Phoenix, and Northfield saw the largest increase in their property tax bills from 2015 to 2016, according to Blockshopper.com, which tracks residential property taxes across 127 Cook County communities.
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Attorney who backed Wilmette schools tax hike says reassessment on his property was an accident
A Chicago-based attorney who has publicly supported Wilmette School District 39's proposed tax levy increase says that a reduction of the real estate tax assessment on his property in the district was an accident and wants the North Cook News to back off on a story about it.
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Kessem rips Berrios for broken tax assessment system
In a post on Facebook, House District 19 Republican candidate Amelia Kessem is calling out Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios and others who she says have benefited from chicanery in the property tax assessment system.
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Madigan seen as pulling Martwick's strings on property tax vote
Rep. Robert Martwick (D-Chicago) wasn't being sincere when he explained his 'yes' vote on a property tax freeze he hates, a high-ranking Northwest GOP Club official told the North Cook News recently.
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Northbrook Hilton, facing foreclosure, paid $4.9 million in property taxes over past decade
The Northbrook Hilton, whose owners are facing a $23 million foreclosure lawsuit, paid more than 20 percent of that in property taxes over the past decade.
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Thillens: Chicago property tax hike benefits authorities
Mel Thillens, Republican candidate for Senate District 28 - Park Ridge, recently responded to news of Chicago’s large property tax hike with a statement on his Facebook feed, expressing frustration with aspects of the process.