Property tax appeals in Calumet

The Cook County Assessor's own record of what happened to appeals filed on properties in Calumet township.

24.2%of appeals won a reduction 20.2%–28.7% at 95%

388appeals decided

12.9%typical cut, when one was won median over 94 reductions

Calumet against the county as a whole: a real difference of 7.6 points — 24.2% here against 16.7% county-wide.

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Appeals filed by an agent have done better here in every year on record.

2021: +10.62023: +7.62024: +7.22025: +3.6

Each year: how many percentage points better an agent did than an owner filing alone. Negative means the owner did better.

Firms that file on your behalf commonly take a third of the first year's saving. This is the county's own record of how the two groups actually did.

The reasons the Assessor gave

Every decision carries a stated reason. These are the ones that appear most often on Calumet decisions, and how often each was attached to a reduction rather than a refusal.

Reason given	Decisions	Reduced
This is a result of a market analysis of your property as well as an analysis of comparable properties.	190	17.9%
This result is based upon consideration of the appraisal submitted and an analysis of recent comparable property sales.	69	0.0%
This is due to income, market or cost analysis supporting the assessment.	36	0.0%
This is the result of the total vacancy of your property.	19	too few
This is due to an analysis of the actual sale transaction of the property.	19	too few

A reason seen fewer than 30 times shows no rate, for the same reason a township with a handful of appeals shows none.

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Source. Cook County Assessor, published appeal decisions (dataset y282-6ig3). Counted, not modelled. Undecided appeals are excluded from rates rather than counted as losses. Rates carry a 95% Wilson interval and none is shown below 30 decided appeals.