Appraisal Articles
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20232022 North-Tri Success Ratesdetails
2023Assessor Methodology for 2022details
2022Commercial Property Values Are Plummetingdetails
2022Flood Hazard Impact on Property Valuesdetails
2022Work From Home Hammers Office Real Estate Marketdetails
2022Appraising Illinois Cannabis Dispensariesdetails
2022Bank Branch Demand Continues Its Declinedetails
2022Cook County Property Tax Bills Will Be Delayed This Yeardetails
2021Car Dealerships Facing More Threats To Their Existencedetails
2021Self-Storage -- Location and the Pandemicdetails
2021One in Five Churches Could Face Closure Due To The Corona Virusdetails
2021Assessor Slightly More Lenient To Smaller Propertiesdetails
2021Religious Property Values Could Slide With Continued Declines in Church Attendancedetails
2021Flex Industrial Buildings and Vacancy Ratesdetails
2021A New Twist On Funeral Home Salesdetails
2020Retail Space Outlook Will Probably Remain Weak Over the Longer Termdetails
2020Estimating The Assessor's Corona Virus Discountdetails
2020Religious Market Highlights 2020details
2020Pandemics and Commercial Property Valuesdetails
2020Small Commercial Property Owners Getting Hammered by High Assessmentsdetails
2019No Further Remediation (NFR) (OR NOT)details
2019Land Value Sales Price vs. Assessed Valuedetails
2019Medical Office Leases and the Anti-Kickback Lawdetails
20192020 South Tri Assessment Release Scheduledetails
2018Buying A House? Wait Until 2026details
2018Power Lines and Property Valuesdetails
2018High Property Taxes Hurt Property Valuesdetails
2018Property Tax Rates and Value Rules of Thumbdetails
2018Fast Food Franchise Leases often Above Market Levelsdetails
2018Religious Market Highlights 2018details
2018Smaller Day Care Centers Being Squeezeddetails
2018Interest Rate Increases Impact on Property Valuesdetails
2018Assessment Appeals - Recommending Professional Assistancedetails
2017Theoretical Tax Savings from 25% to 10% Assessmentsdetails
2017Parking Garages - Rents Required to Break Evendetails
2017Suburban Parking Garages Can Be A Drag On Property Valuesdetails
2017Tax Attorney/Appraisers Cobranding - For Better or Worsedetails
20172017 Township Assessment Noticesdetails
20162016 Conditions of the Chicago Real Estate Marketdetails
2016Chicago Funeral Home Changes Could Affect Property Tax Assessments/Appraised Valuedetails
2016Fast Food Appraisals - Price Per Square Foot of Building or Land?details
2016How Property Leases Can Double Count Your Expensesdetails
2016Illinois Day Care Center Being Squeezeddetails
2016Industrial Interior Truck Docks Obsoletedetails
2016Surveys Overstate Capitalization Rates For Tax Assessmentsdetails
2015Bank Real Estate Tax Liability For Tax Exempt Properties After Foreclosuredetails
2015Chicago Assessment Notices 2015 Release Scheduledetails
2015Europe is Closing Many Churchesdetails
2015How Cook County Over-Assesses 6B Propertiesdetails
2015Number One Property Risk in Waukegan, ILdetails
2015The Biggest Problem for Church Propertiesdetails
2015Warning: Apartment Buildings at Bubble Valuation Levelsdetails
2014 2014 South Cook County Industrial Market Conditions - Chicago Commercial Appraisal Analysisdetails
2014A Chicago Office Tax Appraiser's Viewpoint - 2014 South Cook County Office Market Overviewdetails
2014Chicago's South Suburban Cities Most Likely To Be Over Assesseddetails
2014Conventional Church Appraisal Methodology Often Inadequatedetails
2014House of Worship Impact on Property Valuesdetails
2014Leasing Expenses: Above the Line or Below the Line Expenses and Does It Matter - Part 1details
2014Leasing Expenses: Above the Line or Below the Line Expenses and Does It Matter - Part 2details
2014The Fastest Growing Property Expensedetails
2013Catholic School Attendance Stabilizing Somewhat in Chicago Archdiocesedetails
2013Chicago Area Self Storage Valuation - Commercial Appraisal Considerationsdetails
2013Chicago Industrial Indicators - Appraisal Statistical Datadetails
2013Chicago's Historical Effective Property Tax Ratesdetails
2013Church Foreclosure and Bank Real Estate Tax Exposuredetails
2013Large and Megachurch Appraisal Considerations: Megachurches - A Financial Overviewdetails
2013Megachurches Continue To Growdetails
2013The Assessor's Dilemma - Elk Grove Township Industrial Assessment Levelsdetails
2013Why Census Numbers Matter for Church Appraisalsdetails
2012Church Appraisal Considerations: Church/Religious Facility Closure Loan Risk Considerationsdetails
2012Church/House of Worship Appraisal Considerations: Adaptive Reuse - Church Conversion Alternativedetails
2012Church/Religious Property Appraisal and the Shortfalls of the Church Appraisal Processdetails
2012Commercial Appraisal Compliance and the International Financial Reporting Standardsdetails
2012Could Chicago Commercial Property Values Drop Further?details
2012Deflation Risk and Commercial Property Appraisaldetails
2012Larger Chicago Commercial Properties Outperform Smaller Onesdetails
2012Low Sales Volume Could Impact Property Assessment Accuracy & Bank Loan Riskdetails
2012Stagnating Income Could Hurt Commercial Real Estate Valuesdetails
Tax Rate Impacts on Property Prices are Unappreciateddetails