New Trier Township

2023 Property tax assessments for New Trier Township apartment complexes have increased significantly and now total $62.4 million. Retail buildings saw a gain of $6 million, commercial real estate increased by $9 million, and institutional and special properties saw an increase of $979,000. In comparison, the cumulative rise in commercial and single-family property tax assessments … Read more

Hanover Township

Hanover Township of Cook County, Illinois saw property values rise from $3.6 billion in 2022 to $3.8 billion in 2023, with an overall gain of 3.7%. The Hanover Township 2023 property tax assessment predominantly increased the value of industrial buildings, with a secondary concentration on service facilities. Hanover’s overall increase in the 2023 property tax … Read more

Cicero Township

The 2023 property tax assessment hikes have increased for a number of different property types in Cicero Township. Industrial, institutional & special buildings, retail, service, food/beverages, and commercial are the top six categories that have risen. More than $795.5 million worth of property taxes were assessed for 2023, including $219 million for industrial structures, $52 … Read more

Cook County 2023 Residential Property Reassessments Soar

Chicago property tax assessments are skyrocketing for homeowners, with some seeing increases over 100%.  For the fourteen Cook County townships reviewed, residential property tax assessments increased most in Calumet, a whopping 54.5%.  The townships reviewed include Barrington, Berwyn, Calumet, Hanover, Oak Park, River Forest, Riverside, Rogers Park, Lemont, New Trier, Orland, and Schaumburg.  Six of … Read more

5-tips-to-win-a-property-tax-protest

Are you looking at how to lower your annual tax burden? To help you win a property tax protest, here are six pro tips. You can use them to your advantage every year. Tip 1: Appeal your property taxes every single year File your property taxes every single year even if you won a protest … Read more

commercial-property-valuation-methods

Have you received your assessment notice on your commercial property? Then you should be thinking of doing a DIY valuation to check the accuracy of the assessment that you received. To help you begin, there are 3 additional major assessment methods that you can follow, other than using the traditional one,  to know whether your … Read more