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By: Extra help for idlers, from Jim Houlihan | The Menace of Privilege

Extra help for idlers, from Jim Houlihan | The Menace of Privilege — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:10:00 +0000

[...] sales prices. The results for 2007(pdf)? Residential 8.34%, vacant 7.81%. (Not quite as bad as some previous years, [...]

By: Cook County changes classified assessment rates | The Menace of Privilege

Cook County changes classified assessment rates | The Menace of Privilege — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:18:38 +0000

[...] are now supposed to be assessed the same, which is probably good since Assessor Houlihan just couldn’t seem to accept that, under the old system, vacant was supposed to be assessed at a higher percentage of value than [...]

By: Assessor ignores assessment policy « Taxpayer

Assessor ignores assessment policy « Taxpayer — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:33:55 +0000

[...] taxes. You know, the stuff you do? Can’t you improve that? Maybe you could start by assessing vacant land properly? And making sure that land value is fully included in all assessments? That’s not going [...]

By: The Parasite Protection Act « Taxpayer

The Parasite Protection Act « Taxpayer — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:03:57 +0000

[...] for New Mexico’s SB333, which would reduce real estate taxes on vacant land and make up the shortfall by raising taxes on homeowners and everyone else who actually owns (or rents) land with a structure on it. I imagine some land speculators find themselves in financial difficulty, but they still have enough to influence a few legislators, and I guess this is intended to bail them out. Perhaps they just want to get legally what owners of Cook County vacant land get in practice. [...]

By: Real estate tax inequities aren’t inherent « Taxpayer

Real estate tax inequities aren’t inherent « Taxpayer — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:03:03 +0000

[...] by taxpayer on October 14, 2008 Last month I used Illinois Department of Revenue data to blog about the Cook County Assessor’s failure to properly value vacant land. Our good buddies at the [...]