Pappas: 86,000 prepayments top $529 million

CHICAGO, Dec. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Prepayments of next year’s First Installment property tax bill have skyrocketed to $529.3 million, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas said today.

Nearly 86,000 homeowners have already prepaid their taxes this month. In comparison, 1,775 homeowners made prepayments totaling $14.4 million in 2016.