Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois

Re: real estate tax issue

Your best bet is to review your HUD,your deed,your contract, the title commitment and policy. Depending on what you find, there may be a cause of action against any or all of the following, or none at all; the title company, your closing attorney and/or the seller.

Re: real estate tax issue

It depends. Remember, 2005 taxes became payable in 2006 in two installments payable in June and September. If you closed prior to June's property tax bill deadline, the title company may not have any liability. If you closed after June, they may have some liability if a taxbill was not paid and should have been paid up and through the date of closing.

It may be worth your while to contact the title company and see if their legal counsel can verify for you whether they properly paid, or did not have responsibility to pay, or what the situation was with regard to the property taxes.