Originally Posted by
Big E 757
The property taxes in IL are rediculous! I live in Shorewood...down by Joliet, and my wife and I are looking for a larger house in this area and a 3400-4000 SF house that we are looking at is $450,000. Not too bad of a price for the house but property taxes are $15K a year. So I have to plan an extra $1300 a month into the payment just for frickin taxes.
Look at the tax history, it's only gone up every year for most places. Even when assessed values have gone down. Welcome to Chicago.