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It can be buyer beware on some of the properties, but here's what to know about the often-abandoned lots and homes up for sale because of unpaid taxes.

Average construction cost for a new Peoria home is about $279,000, city officials say.

PEORIA — Though she's not originally from Peoria, Angie Ostaszewski has become one of the city’s greatest cheerleaders.  Ostaszewski has been promoting Peoria online for a few years now, but it’s only been in the past year, since she began using TikTok, that she's started seeing tangible results. She said she knows of more than 20 people who have moved to Peoria after learning about the city from her TikTok account, a social media platform that has grown in popularity over the past year or so. Most of Ostaszewski’s TikTok videos feature houses on the market in Peoria. Her cut-out ...

PEORIA — Bidding wars have become common in the central Illinois housing scene as  buyers vie for a shrinking inventory of available houses. “I know of two agents that got into bidding wars for their clients, where they offered $35,000 more than the asking price and still did not get the house," Peoria real estate agent Linda Kepple said. There were 963 homes for sale in the Peoria area during the first quarter of 2021, 58% fewer than during the same period last year, according to the Peoria Area Association of Realtors.  Real estate agent Mark Monge attributed the lower number of ho...