A restored 1934 farmhouse on six acres outside Tremont sold for $755,000, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Peoria, Illinois metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026.
The five closings combined for $3.26 million and span Tremont, Pekin, Dunlap and Peoria. Build years run from 1934 to 2010, and the group ranges from a country property with a vineyard, pasture and pole barn to custom houses in established Dunlap and Peoria subdivisions.
No. 1 — $755,000 · 701 E Pearl St, Tremont, Illinois
The country estate at 701 E Pearl St had been in the same family for close to a century. It closed on August 14, 2026 for $755,000, on six acres of rolling farmland outside Tremont.
The five-bedroom, three-bathroom farmhouse carries a reported 3,920 square feet. Restoration work preserved the original woodwork, flooring and trim, and the main floor holds a chef’s kitchen with high-end appliances, a dining area and a sunroom. The basement is finished with a kitchenette, and a three-season room opens off the back.
Beyond the house, a detached garage has a finished second floor with its own kitchenette, fully heated and cooled. The grounds hold a 120-by-40-foot shop building with a certified kitchen and storage, plus a 100-by-40-foot pole barn fitted with a heated livestock watering system. A producing half-acre vineyard, fruit trees, a fenced garden, pasture and a chicken coop fill out the acreage, and a wood-burning boiler, solar panels and geothermal systems serve the property.
Maxwell Schneider of Keller Williams Premier Realty was the listing agent. The transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s weekly Peoria Metro Area Top 5, putting Schneider on the listing side of the highest-priced home sale reported in the metro area that week. Sara Skolaski of eXp Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $700,000 · 440 Linden St, Pekin, Illinois
A custom-built brick ranch on 9.9 acres of mature timber at 440 Linden St in Pekin took second place, at $700,000 in an August 10, 2026 closing. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, four bathrooms and a reported 6,065 square feet.
Brazilian walnut flooring, Roecker cabinetry, granite surfaces and heated floors run through the house, and the walk-out lower level repeats those finishes around a full wet bar, a theater room and a workout room. Tiered tile patios with a built-in grilling area and a stone fireplace face the timber, and geothermal equipment heats and cools the residence. It previously changed hands for $600,000 in 2020.
Darcy E Lawson of The Real Estate Group Inc. was the listing agent. The house went under contract 8 days after the current listing date and closed $100 above its final asking price of $699,900, placing the transaction second on RealtyWire’s Peoria Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Rickey L Mathis of RE/MAX Traders Unlimited represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $630,000 · 11008 N Onyx Ln, Dunlap, Illinois
A 2010 house in Dunlap’s Stone Gate subdivision, 11008 N Onyx Ln, sold on August 12, 2026 for $630,000, with four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms and a reported 3,978 square feet.
High ceilings and an open floor plan carry through a custom kitchen, and the primary suite adds skylights, a walk-in closet, heated tile floors and a bath with separate his-and-her showers. The finished basement holds a family room, a recreation area and a kitchenette with a wine cellar and bar, and an oversized garage takes three cars. The private backyard is landscaped and irrigated, with accent lighting, a wood deck, a covered porch and a fire pit. It previously changed hands for $540,000 in 2014.
Brandy L Rubel of RE/MAX Traders Unlimited was the listing agent. The home went under contract 3 days after the current listing date and closed $5,100 above its final asking price of $624,900, the No. 3 result in this week’s RealtyWire Peoria Metro Area Top 5. Ryan Blackorby of Jim Maloof Realty, Inc. represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $610,000 · 801 W Bridgetowne Ct, Dunlap, Illinois
Bennington Park, also in Dunlap, accounted for the No. 4 closing. The 1995 house at 801 W Bridgetowne Ct traded at $610,000 in a transaction finalized August 14, 2026, on a wooded lot of nearly an acre.
A two-story foyer opens the five-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath residence, which carries a reported 4,476 square feet. The kitchen has cherry cabinetry, an island, double ovens and a wet bar, the family room a gas fireplace and a built-in entertainment center, and a sunroom with wall-to-wall windows and brick tile flooring looks onto the trees. The primary suite upstairs has two walk-in closets, and the finished basement adds a recreation room with a stone gas fireplace, a fifth bedroom and a full bath. A deck, playground, treehouse and fire pit area complete the grounds. It previously changed hands for $523,000 in 2021.
Linda P Kepple of Keller Williams Premier Realty was the listing agent. Keller Williams Premier Realty also held the listing on the week’s highest-priced sale, in Tremont. The closing holds the No. 4 position in RealtyWire’s weekly ranking of Peoria-area home sales.
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No. 5 — $565,000 · 10614 Collett Dr, Peoria, Illinois
Peoria’s Chapel Park produced the No. 5 sale: 10614 Collett Dr, a remodeled 2003 home that brought $565,000 in a deal completed August 10, 2026.
The five-bedroom house has four and a half bathrooms and a reported 3,593 square feet, backing onto mature woods with a stream running through the timber. Large windows and high ceilings open the floor plan, and the primary suite sits on the main floor under a vaulted ceiling. The eat-in kitchen has hickory hardwood flooring and flows into a two-story great room with a gas fireplace. A finished basement guest suite includes a second full kitchen, and a new brick paver patio with a fire pit faces the woods. It previously changed hands for $303,000 in 2019.
Scott Cramer of RE/MAX Traders Unlimited was the listing agent. RE/MAX Traders Unlimited also held the listing on the No. 3 sale in Dunlap. The house went under contract 4 days after the current listing date and closed $26,000 above its final asking price of $539,000, ranking No. 5 among the metro area’s highest-priced reported sales for the week. Brock DeGood of Jim Maloof Realty, Inc. represented the buyer.
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