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Is Cook County over-assessing your home?

See where your assessed value lands against comparable Cook County homes.

Plain math on Cook County's own public records — no signup, no credit card. We show what the public record does and does not support.

  • ✓Your assessed value vs. comparable properties on Cook County's public record
  • ✓Your assessment level, where the county publishes a market value, against its 10% residential target
  • ✓Your township's appeal window status
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Real Cook County public-record lookup·No signup · no credit card
No signup. No credit card. No upsell if the record stays inconclusive.
What your check returnsSample
1234 S Sample Ave · Cicero Township · synthetic sample
Your assessed value$42,500
Avg of 3 matching properties on record$35,100
Difference in assessed value+$7,400 (21%)
Assessment level12.1% vs. 10% residential target
Illustrative figures. Your real check runs against Cook County public records — no signup, no card. We do not guarantee a reduction.
Cook County · 2024–2026 cycle

Cook County residential assessments are tested against a 10% level — and uniformity with comparable homes.

For class 2 residential property, assessed value is generally targeted at 10% of market value. Appeals also depend on uniformity: whether comparable homes are assessed lower than yours.

10% target6%8%10%12%14%Assessment level across Cook County properties
Illustrative distribution based on public Cook County assessment records. Treat this as methodology context, not a claim about your property or a guaranteed appeal outcome.
What you'll get

A one-page report — your assessed value, your comps, and where every number came from.

Your assessed value, up to three comparable properties from the Cook County record, and — where the county publishes a market value — your assessment level against its 10% residential target. Every number is sourced from public CCAO records you can verify yourself.

  • Up to 3 comparable properties, selected using published filters
  • Your assessed value beside their average, and the difference between them
  • Assessment level vs. Cook County's 10% residential target, where a market value is on file
  • Township appeal window, with the close date where the county has published one
SampleCicero Twp
Your free check · sample
1234 S Sample Ave, La Grange IL 60526
Synthetic sample PIN · Cicero Township
Your assessed value
$42,500
123 Sample Ave
$36,400
127 Sample Ave
$34,800
131 Sample Ave
$34,100
Assessment level12.1%
Target 10.0%
Sample comparison only — not a merits verdict
Synthetic sample only — township status is shown only when verified from the county source.
Data
Cook County Assessor public records
Method
We compare residential assessment level and comp uniformity, not black-box averages
Scope
All 38 Cook County townships · schedule links are public-record backed
How the free check works

Plain math on public records — not a black box.

Cook County publishes every assessment, every comparable, and every appeal outcome. We use that data — the same data the Board of Review uses — to tell you whether your number is out of line.

  1. 01

    Pull your record

    Your PIN returns your assessed value, market value, square footage, year built, and property class — straight from CCAO records.

  2. 02

    Select comparable properties

    We search your CCAO neighborhood code for properties of similar size, age, and class, taking the most recent qualifying records first and widening to the township when that cohort is thin. Selection is by cohort and recency — we do not rank comparables by distance.

  3. 03

    Check level and uniformity

    For class 2 residential property, Cook County targets an assessed value near 10% of market value. Where the county publishes a market value for your property and for a comparable, we show both assessment levels; where it does not, we show the assessed values and say the level is unavailable.

  4. 04

    Report what the record shows

    You get the assessed-value comparison, the township's filing window where the county's calendar has been verified, and a plain statement of what this check did and did not establish. No savings projection — we do not forecast a tax bill that has not been issued.

We don't publish countywide savings averages or success-rate claims until we have verified, named Cook County outcomes. Our first customer wins are being filed in the 2026 cycle — we'll show them here, by name and township, when the Board of Review rules.
Outcomes

Verified Cook County outcomes will publish after 2026 Board decisions.

We don't publish testimonials or savings averages we haven't verified. Until the first 2026 decisions come back, review the actual deliverable instead: a Cook County-ready appeal packet with comps, assessment-level analysis, filing instructions, and deadline tracking.

See what the packet includes →View sample report
One way to file

The DIY Appeal Packet.

The $69 packet is a preparation service. We prepare it; you review it, sign it, and file it with the county yourself.

DIY Appeal Packet
$69one-time

Everything you need to file the appeal yourself in your township.

  • ✓Pre-written appeal argumentTailored to assessment level + comp uniformity
  • ✓Up to 3 comparable propertiesPrepared for an Assessor-stage appeal
  • ✓Step-by-step filing instructionsSpecific to your township
  • ✓Deadline remindersFor a future eligible window
  • ✓You file it yourselfWe prepare it; you review, sign, and file
Get the DIY Packet→
HOA & condo associations

Managing many PINs? We'll build a bulk packet for your association.

Condo boards and HOA managers in Cook County can use the same comparable-property + assessment-level packet, run across every PIN in the association. No legal-representation claim, no per-unit upsell. Drop your email and one OverTaxed IL contact will reply within 2 business days with the next-step plan.

OverTaxed IL is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. We do not guarantee a reduction — county decisions are final.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions.

  • Each Cook County township has its own appeal window, and the county opens them on a rolling schedule. Enter your address and we show your township's status as published by the county, with the source and the time we retrieved it. Confirm your filing deadline with the county before you file.

  • You'll see your full report on the next screen — assessed value against comparable properties, the assessment-level gap, and your township's appeal window status as published by the county. No signup, no credit card. If the evidence appears to support closer review and your window is open, you can order the $69 DIY Appeal Packet. If it does not, we'll tell you that too.

  • Cook County Assessor public records. Every deadline we show carries the source it came from and the time we retrieved it, and we publish no outcome claims.

  • Cook County doesn't penalize you for filing — you keep the assessed value on file. The $69 packet is a flat fee for preparing your appeal materials and is paid regardless of what the county decides. OverTaxed IL is not a law firm and does not provide legal or tax advice. We do not guarantee a reduction. County decisions are final, and a change in assessed value does not produce an equal change in a tax bill.

  • OverTaxed IL is not a law firm and does not provide legal or tax advice. We do not guarantee a reduction. County decisions are final, and a change in assessed value does not produce an equal change in a tax bill. OverTaxed IL analyzes public Cook County records and prepares a defined Assessor-stage appeal packet. You review it, sign it, and file it yourself. OverTaxed IL does not file, sign, prepare, handle, or represent anyone at the Cook County Board of Review. Under the Board's own rules, only a licensed attorney or the taxpayer personally may practise before it. If we ever offer anything at that stage, it would be attorney-led. Do not wait for us — confirm your own deadline with the county.

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OverTaxed IL analyzes public Cook County records and prepares a defined Assessor-stage appeal packet. You review it, sign it, and file it yourself. OverTaxed IL is not a law firm and does not provide legal or tax advice. We do not guarantee a reduction. County decisions are final, and a change in assessed value does not produce an equal change in a tax bill.

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