

Home Loan Rates on Downward Slide for Weeks
Home loan interest rates have dipped for five straight weeks, with the average 30-year fixed mortgage now at 6.67 percent. This decline...
Don DeBat
Jul 7


Falling Commercial Property Values Mean Higher Taxes for Homeowners
(Above) Google Street View of 200 West Monroe Street in the Loop. Valued at $100 million when purchased in 2014, the 23-story building...
Don DeBat
Jun 3


Taxes Spike for 240,000 Chicago and Cook County Homeowners
(Above) Row of older brick homes in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, where property taxes increased an average of $2,508 from last...
Don DeBat
May 11


Chicago Honors WWII Veterans With New Property Tax Exemption
(Above) American howitzers shell German forces retreating near Carentan, France, on July 11, 1944. Photo obtained from National Archives....
Don DeBat
May 2


Record Number of Property Tax Appeals Filed for Tax Year 2024
Appeals increased by 11 percent over 2023 as property owners in Chicago and surrounding suburbs turned to the Cook County Board of Review...
Don DeBat
Apr 13






