Illinois is the most affordable state in the country to buy a home. That’s a headline I’ll take any day.

Aug 23, 2026 · 4:30 PM UTC

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Illinois rated the easiest state to afford a house

Illinois homebuyers have the most breathing room in their income when buying the median-priced home, according to a report from Visual Capitalist.

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UdoU
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Aug 23
There goes Crain’s reputation…
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The homes are cheaper in Somalia, in S America, Arab countries. Maybe Illinois under pritzker can win the race to the bottom.
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@grok doesn’t Illinois have the highest property taxes and sales tax in the country?
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Quote: ‘Illinois is the most affordable state in the country to buy a home.’ ~JB Pritzker ======================= That’s because everybody’s leaving, even their beloved Chicago Bears are calling it a day . . . Mike Ditka is prolly spinning like a lathe in his grave.
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With the highest property taxes in the nation! Constantly selling bullshit! Grade F Governor!
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👉🏼
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Illinois ranks among the highest in the US for effective property tax rates, typically 1st or 2nd (tied with or just behind New Jersey). Rates run about 1.88–2.07% of home value—nearly double the national average of roughly 0.9–1.0%. Median annual bills are around $5,000–$5,300.
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It’s full of criminal nigs lol that def helps drop the RE prices
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I won't insult your intelligence by pretending you believe what you just said
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Pritzker: “thank you for not asking about property taxes.”
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LOLOLOLOLOL!!! Not true at all!! 1.88% On a $500,000 house, (avg)1.88% works out to about $9,400/year $783/month just in property tax.
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This distinction does not mean what you think it means...
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The byline should read: Cheaper, thanks to lower cost of living downstate. But just wait til you get your first property tax bill... Enjoy your headline, loser.
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Bwah, that’s because you created the highest property taxes in the country. People are leaving in droves, which means housing supply is unlimited. What a putz.
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Wait until you get your property tax bill and never ending increases in insurance…
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Could this be why??
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Why more than 600K people moved out of IL since you took office then??
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Talk about out of touch
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Does anyone else wish that they had a dislike button for lies like this.
Made with AI
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We are shouting at an intern posting JB's marching orders.
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Meanwhile…
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The home is cheap because every other home owner expense in Illinois is colossally expensive.
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REALLY??? Even with Real Estate Taxes DOUBLING in the last 5 years???
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For whom? Illegals? #Pritzkersucks
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No, it is not. Quit lying to yourself and the people of Illinois
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Homes look cheap to buy here mainly because so many folks have fled the high taxes and crime. Then the highest property tax rates in the country hit you every year. That headline skips the real cost of sticking around under one-party rule.
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Where does Illinois rank in property taxes?
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I've spent some time this weekend looking into this study and its flaws. Here is my analysis checkthemath.pages.dev

Once to the bank. Three times to the state.

Illinois was crowned the easiest state to afford a house, by a study that skipped the tax. Hold the median home 45 years at the county's measured tax growth: $1,069,502 to the state. 3.1x the house.

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Are you frickn nuts? This has to be a joke.
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Total bullshit. Add in the highest property taxes in the country and see where you’re at.
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People have been fleeing the state for over a decade and numbers spiked during your tenure
Smirkley
@Smirkley
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Supply and *demand* is mysterious. Over the last 15 years, Illinois has lost 1,396,274 residents net to other states.
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This is hilarious! Crains Chicago Communist Business strikes again. This is such unbelievable fake news that they lose any small amount of credibility that they might have had left
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This has to be satire or some ai bullshit. We legitimately have the highest property taxes in the nation. And it’s not just residential, the Chicago Bears as well as Fortune 500 companies are leaving Illinois because they are being taxed out of the state. Stop the freebies, cut back on welfare, shut down the NGOs, stop funding illegals. Illinois residents are suffering because of you @JBPritzker This has nothing to do with @realDonaldTrump You are a moron
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Pritzker is out of touch or a liar!
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