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Chicago: 368 new owners last week
new owners last week
Chicago new homeowners: check each address for roof permits
A Chicago row is one new homeowner. Each row lists the most recent roof permit HelloSuey counts, or none since 2006, plus year built where the assessor lists it.
How permit dates work
Chicago rows carry reroofing permit history back to 2006, and a roof permit on file means the city recorded work at that address. Chicago's Express Permit Program launched in 2023 and covers reroofing: repair, recover and replacement. Chicago also requires the person doing the work to hold a valid Illinois roofing contractor license.
Under Chicago rules, a sloped roof on a residential building up to four stories can be replaced without a building permit; work on low-slope roofs or structural repairs still requires one.
Some sloped-roof jobs still get permits.
No roof permit on file
Chicago new owners, September 28 to November 6, 2026
Roofers
1,871no roof permit on fileChicago new owners, Sep 28 to Nov 6
For 1,871 of the 2,165 Chicago new owners, the address carries no reroofing permit on file in city records going back to 2006. A sloped roof on a home up to four stories can be replaced in Chicago without a building permit, so a replacement may go unrecorded.
No roof permit on file means no record was found, not that the roof is old.
- 1,871 no roof permit
- 294 with one
The Metro plan's permit filter
Use the Metro plan's permit filter, which applies to Chicago rows only, to drop homes where the city recorded a reroofing permit since 2006.
Under Chicago's rules, some replacements leave no roof permit on file, so a home remaining on the list may have had its roof replaced.
What it costs to mail ten typical Chicago ZIPs monthly
The table uses the Local plan at $49 a month, ten typical Chicago ZIP codes and Lob's free-plan postcard.
| Local plan, per month | $49 |
|---|---|
| New owners a month, ten typical Chicago ZIPs | 251 |
| List cost per new owner | $0.20 |
| Lob's smallest First-Class postcard, per piece | $0.905 |
| List plus postcard, per new owner | $1.10 |
| Monthly total, list and postcards | $276 |
ZIPs ranked by new owners, last 12 months
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