Illinois could soon reform the state's regulations on delinquent property tax sales after the House approved a bill 80-35 ...

That change will bring Illinois — the last state to do so — into compliance with the 2023 Supreme Court decision Tyler v.

Did a home near you sell? A large piece of property peaking your interest? See recent property transfers in the ...

A 2026 survey found 74% of homeowners have never appealed their property taxes. I tried Ownwell myself to find out if it’s ...

Cook County is on the hook for tens of millions of dollars to homeowners who lost their homes and equity as a result of the annual county tax sale, a judge has ruled.

Cook County may have to pay back millions of dollars to homeowners stripped of their equity through the county’s delinquent property tax sale system, after a federal judge ruled Monday that officials ...

A federal judge ruled Monday that Cook County is liable to pay back potentially millions of dollars to people who lost their homes in the county’s annual property tax sales, three years after the U.S.

Since 2020, nearly 2,500 homeowners not only lost their properties but also the equity they had in those homes after their delinquent property taxes were sold. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled those sales ...

Judge Finds Cook County Liable for Unconstitutional Property Tax Sale System "The county did not need to receive an engraved notice to understand that its actions—taking private property without ...

Illinois now has the highest property taxes in the nation. Most of this is thanks to Cook County. The Chicago area is in high demand, but has seen over 30 years of tax increases, making it one of the ...

Cook County is currently embroiled in one of the worst property tax situations of the modern era. What started as a computer glitch quickly spiraled out of control, revealing the systemic failures in ...