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Cook County Assessor
118 North Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Cook County Assessor News
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Arriving home from long family weekends today, many Chicago homeowners went from relaxed to stressed upon greeting their new, much larger property tax bills in the mail.
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In 2014, Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza and her husband paid $471,000 for their newly-renovated 3,500 square-foot three bedroom in Portage Park, on Chicago’s far northwest side.
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In sixteen square blocks of Chicago’s West Side Austin neighborhood, between Cicero Ave. on the east and Laramie Ave. on the west, Chicago Ave. on the north and the Green Line El tracks on the south, there have been exactly seven home sales in the past six months.
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The Cook County Assessor says its home values are accurate and it stands by them.
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Chicago's oldest bar, in business since 1881, closed Saturday night for good, after its owners could no longer afford to pay property taxes on its building.
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West Pullman, on Chicago’s far south side, has two real estate markets. There’s the actual market, set by what buyers will pay and what sellers will accept. And there’s the government one, with home values dictated by Cook County Assessor’s office.
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The four-story, 15,000 square-foot mansion at 2644 N. Lakeview Ave. in Lincoln Park has nine bedrooms, a solarium, marble fireplaces, a coach house and a remarkable pedigree.
