The transfers were possible due to Cook County's minimal oversight and lack of clear rules to prevent local officials from giving away seized properties.

In an endorsement session with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Toni Preckwinkle acknowledged the upgrade problems “have ...

A New York-based distressed mall buyer is expanding its Chicago office holdings, taking control of a Loop office building ...

What Joshua Baxley once described as his family’s oasis now sits more shallow: a private lake he says was drained without ...

Jersey County property transfers: See who bought and sold homes this week ...

In March, the Rev. Walter McCray, a West Garfield Park resident and the pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church on the West Side, was billed $818.76 for the first installment of his property taxes. In ...

Mouse Island, a seven-acre island with a rocky shoreline and mature woodlands, is for sale for $5 million and was once owned ...

Cook County property owners can sign up for eBilling for themselves or family members to receive property tax bills through their computers or smart phones instead of the mail. The eBilling option ...

Each standoff took place in a quiet residential neighborhood.

When her grandmother transferred the deed to her in 2008, Shannon Pleasant believed the modest East Austin home on Kuhlman Avenue would stay in the family for generations. After Alfredia Miller passed ...

A circuit court judge ruled this week that Cook County had misspent hundreds of millions of transportation dollars, a win for the organization representing construction firms.