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Use Property Finder to identify specific properties in a Place
This guide will instruct you to view and download a map and spreadsheet of properties of a specific type within a given Place in Cook County. Filters include: Chicago-owned property, proximity to transit, and tax-exempt properties.
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Property Finder, Taxes, Proposed Projects
Last updated 03/12/2022
Finding properties available through the Cook County Land Bank Authority
This Knowledge Base article gives a brief overview of the Cook County Land Bank Authority, describes their involvement in the disposition of certain properties, and demonstrates how to use Chicago Cityscape to find properties that can be acquired.
Property Finder, Property research, Taxes
Last updated 03/12/2022
Efficiently find and prospect Scavenger Sale properties
Chicago Cityscape has created a Scavenger Sale Portal to help anyone and everyone find properties that are going to be auctioned in the sale. The Portal's map and table — free for everyone to use — show 31,209 properties that have three or more years of unpaid taxes and they are easy to discover using the Portal’s search and filter features.
Property Finder, Taxes
Last updated 02/07/2022
Find properties that are in Cook County's annual tax sale
The Cook County Treasurer is in charge of collecting properties taxes from all owners of taxable properties. When owners don't pay their property taxes, the taxes are "sold" in the annual tax sale, nine months after the second installment is due. (This is separate from the scavenger sale, which is for properties that have three or more years of unpaid taxes.) Chicago Cityscape incorporates the treasurer's list of properties and makes it easy to find these properties.
Resource, Property research, Property Finder, Taxes
Last updated 11/16/2021