Property taxes in Chicago are soaring. This video shows why residents in the Windy City have been hit hard and what they can do to potentially lower their pr...
Property taxes in Chicago are soaring. This video shows why residents in the Windy City have been hit hard and what they can do to potentially lower their pr...
New report looks not just at the rankings, but the underlying causes of differences.
REAL ESTATE MATTERS | The one thing we know for sure is that the formulas are complicated, hard to understand and never seem fair.
There are a lot of things to focus on when you’re shopping for a house. Just for starters, you have to find the right house at the right price. That isn’t necessarily going to be easy. …
Market values of homes are skyrocketing and higher property tax bills are soon to follow. Prepare now to knock your property taxes back down to earth. What is happening Property taxes typically lag the market. In bad times, the value of your home goes down, but the property tax is slow to show this reduction....
Q: How have the property tax rates changed in the past decade?
Property taxes are a necessary burden, but they're even more of a headache when they go up without warning. These are some of the factors to blame.
Many homeowners are paying a total of billions of dollars extra because of inequities in assessing property values.
When considering the costs of homeownership, it’s sometimes easy to forget about property tax. Home buyers focus a lot of attention on their prospective mortgage payment and the potential cos…
Homeowners will see higher property taxes in their latest tax assessment.
The case of whether a downstate hospital can be exempt from property taxes could have a multimillion dollar impact on suburban hospitals and governments.
Hike will be limited to 50% for residential and 100% for commercial buildings
With so much geographic variation in property taxes, picking the right location to buy or build a new home can go a long way in lowering the ultimate tax burden.
How much you pay in property taxes often comes down to which side of a line you’re on. It’s also another factor to consider while you house hunt.
Home values are way up this year, but you can lower your assessment.
As property values rise, a creeping tax looms. Left unchecked, property tax bills can swell over time. To prevent this annual pain in the pocketbook from getting out of control,…
There are a lot of things to consider when buying a home and many of them have to do with costs. For first-timers and even some move-up home buyers, calculating mortgage rates, closing costs, a dow…