Local Assessors Seek Federal Help to Make Property Taxes Fairer – Bloomberg

In Chicago, the problem is most acute “in the bottom third of prices,” said Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi. He has suggested that the Uniform Appraisal Database maintained by the federally chartered mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac might help plug the gap, and he recruited 15 other tax officials from major urban areas — including Seattle, Miami, Philadelphia and Dallas — to join him in asking for access to that information.
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The Paraclete
4 years ago

Federal help simply means the county will raise your taxes and blame the feds. Nobody will know anything!

BB
4 years ago

Fritz- Another dem from Chicago B=No idea what he is doing!
Cook county- throw all the bums out of office! All democrats or live with your choices!

ConcernedExpat
4 years ago

Property taxes are racist! Appraisals are racist! These people are demented

NB-Chicago
4 years ago

Apparently the cc assessors office is way behind in completing assessments. Question, are the cc assessors employees or all other cc employees back working in cc offices? Or still supposedly working productively remotely from home? Or who knows who cares, i got mine?

Lana
4 years ago

What this really means is be prepared to pay more, suburbanites, to the Communists that run Crook County and the state of Illinois.

Last edited 4 years ago by Lana
Bill
4 years ago

Bullshirt!!

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