A 2006 house on Pheasant Trail in Metamora’s Cedar Creek sold for $700,000, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Peoria, Illinois metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $2.92 million in Peoria-area real estate.
Dunlap accounted for three closings on the list, with the other two recorded in Metamora and Peoria. The named communities run from Cedar Creek and Chadwick Estates to Copper Creek, Summer Ridge and Wynncrest, and build years span 2004 to 2021.
No. 1 — $700,000 · 576 Pheasant Trl, Metamora, Illinois
Cedar Creek produced the week’s highest reported sale: a 2006 house at 576 Pheasant Trl in Metamora that closed on August 7, 2026 for $700,000. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom residence carries a reported 5,812 square feet on approximately 1.45 acres.
A two-story foyer with an open staircase opens onto hardwood floors, and the main level holds a dedicated office, a formal dining room, a sunroom and a family room with a fireplace. The primary bedroom sits on the main floor, with three more bedrooms and two full bathrooms upstairs and a further bedroom and full bath in the finished basement.
Outdoors, an in-ground pool anchors a patio set among mature landscaping, and an attached four-car garage serves the property. The house previously changed hands for $530,000 in 2020.
Bryson Smith of Keller Williams Premier Realty was the listing agent. Michelle Largent of RE/MAX Traders Unlimited represented the buyer. The property went under contract one day after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price, putting Smith at the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced reported home sale in the Peoria metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 2 — $560,000 · 5900 W Eaglecreek Dr, Peoria, Illinois
A brick-front two-story house in Chadwick Estates took the metro’s No. 2 spot. The six-bedroom, four-bathroom home at 5900 W Eaglecreek Dr in Peoria changed hands for $560,000 in a closing dated August 7, 2026, and carries a reported 4,866 square feet.
Built in 2004 in the Dunlap School District, the house opens through a covered porch to a two-story foyer with new hardwood flooring, a formal dining room and a flex room. The kitchen carries granite countertops, a center island, a tile backsplash, white cabinetry and a walk-in pantry, and the great room centers on a fireplace. A guest bedroom and the laundry sit on the main floor.
Upstairs, the primary suite has a jetted tub, a tiled shower and walk-in closets. The walk-out basement holds a recreation room, a second full kitchen with a wet bar and appliances, a bedroom, a bonus room and a full bath. A covered patio, a fully fenced backyard and a main-floor deck complete the grounds, and the property previously changed hands for $525,000 in 2022.
Venky Basam of Keller Williams Premier Realty was the listing agent. Carolyn C Catton of Realty Executives Acclaimed represented the buyer. The house went under contract 2 days after the current listing date and closed $11,000 above its final asking price of $549,000, ranking No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Peoria Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
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No. 3 — $560,000 · 11215 N Country Ridge Ln, Dunlap, Illinois
A reported 4,451 square feet fills a 2014 house at 11215 N Country Ridge Ln in Dunlap’s Copper Creek subdivision. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom home brought $560,000 in a transaction recorded August 7, 2026.
A two-story great room with soaring ceilings and tall windows sits at the center of the plan, with wood flooring through the main rooms and stainless steel appliances in the kitchen. The primary suite is on the main floor alongside a second main-level bedroom usable as a home office, and two full bathrooms serve that level. The upstairs bedrooms carry custom built-in shelving.
The finished lower level holds a dedicated home theater lit by daylight windows, and its screen, projector, speakers and receiver stayed with the house. Outside, a fully fenced backyard carries an oversized patio and a composite deck. The property previously changed hands for $421,500 in 2015.
Michelle Tribe and Jennifer Milonas of Keller Williams Revolution were the listing agents. Cindy Shu of Jim Maloof Realty, Inc. represented the buyer. The house went under contract 3 days after the current listing date, and the $560,000 closing ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Peoria Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
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No. 4 — $550,000 · 4015 W Crimson Rd, Dunlap, Illinois
The No. 4 sale went to a remodeled 2008 house at 4015 W Crimson Rd in Dunlap’s Summer Ridge, which closed on August 7, 2026 for $550,000. The five-bedroom home sits at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac on a flat 0.41-acre lot and carries a reported 3,700 square feet.
The main floor was reworked into an open plan under real hardwood floors, with a brick accent fireplace wall flanked by built-in cabinetry and open shelving, and the kitchen rebuilt around a large custom island. Four bedrooms occupy the second floor, among them a primary suite with a walk-in closet and a laundry room placed just off it.
The finished basement adds a recreation room, a fifth bedroom and a full bath, and the fenced backyard carries a stamped concrete patio of roughly 500 square feet. An attached three-car garage serves the house, which previously changed hands for $385,000 in 2014.
Jeffrey Sklar of Beycome Brokerage Realty LLC was the listing agent. The property went under contract 8 days after the current listing date and closed $10,500 above its final asking price of $539,500, ranking No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Peoria Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
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No. 5 — $545,000 · 2816 W Arden Way, Dunlap, Illinois
Wynncrest supplied the week’s No. 5 sale. A 2021 house at 2816 W Arden Way in Dunlap, with a pond view from the deck, traded at $545,000 in a closing recorded August 4, 2026, and carries five bedrooms, a three-car garage and a reported 3,382 square feet.
A covered porch opens to a main floor where hardwood flooring runs from the great room into the kitchen, with a flex room at the front for an office. The kitchen has stainless steel appliances, a granite-topped island, a tile backsplash and a pantry beside an informal dining area. Upstairs, the vaulted primary bedroom has its own bath with a tiled standing shower, and three more bedrooms share the level.
The finished daylight basement adds a recreation space, a wet bar, a bedroom and a full bath. The house stands in the Dunlap School District close to Stonewater Park and its pond, shelter and play area, and previously changed hands for $512,000 in 2023.
Venky Basam of Keller Williams Premier Realty was the listing agent. Rich Gillespie of RE/MAX Traders Unlimited represented the buyer. The house went under contract 8 days after the current listing date, and the closing ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Peoria Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Basam represented the listing side of two of this week’s five highest-priced reported sales in the metro, and Keller Williams Premier Realty was the listing brokerage on three of them.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 9, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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