Reporters used assessment, mapping and sales data to check out a tip that Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office was misclassifying new construction as vacant lots and making other errors ...

The Cook County Assessor is planning to correct thousands of assessment errors in the south and west suburbs after I-Team reports about mistakes and high increases in property tax assessments.

The Assessor said that the new assessment made up for breaks his office gave during the COVID adjustments in 2020. If you're in this situation, the Board of Review said you should appeal to ...

A new study creates a blueprint for Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi and the county's Board of Review to close big gaps in how they operate. It also found commercial properties in recent years ...

Our property assessment system should take accuracy as its North Star, drawing on the best data and working in a spirit of fairness. This ethic guides my team at the Cook County assessor’s office.

They’re happening around the country. Cook County's commercial property assessment process is broken — and here's Preckwinkle's plan to fix it Into that swamp wades Preckwinkle.

Those neighborhoods saw the total assessed value of commercial and residential properties increase by 27% to 38%, according to the Cook County assessor’s office.

A property-tax assessment by Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi turned into a nightmare for a northwest suburban family. The Kinsch family, of Palatine, is owed a nearly $300,000 refund in overpaid ...

Property assessment blind spots Korth was able to smoothly appeal her property assessment in 2018 after taking a class with the Cook County Board of Review. “Looking back, I say I have been very ...