What Can $2.5M Buy You In Lake Forest Today?

LAKE FOREST, IL — If you're wondering how much house you can buy Lake Forest for under $2.5 million right now, then look no further.

Take a look through the following Realtor.com listings to get an idea of what the market.

Each of the three was either listed or had a price change in the past week.

1730 Paddock Lane

Although its less than two decades old, there's a touch of old-world elegance about this French Country style home, just off Old Mill Road in southwestern Lake Forest, that was listed Friday for $2.4 million. Walk into the three-story foyer and make your way up to the master suite (one of the six bedrooms in this nearly 8,000 square foot of this 2001-constructed mansion) and take a step outside onto the balcony.

What that? Oh yes, it's your pool and your 1.4 acre grounds.

Maybe it's not pool season, so you head downstairs, to an indoor sports court.

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There's even more spacious options for entertaining or relaxing with family, friends or alone on this cul-de-sac location. The first floor includes a guest suite and a cherry library with a boxed ceiling and fireplace. In all, this home has a total of 18 rooms, including a sun room with heated floors, a game room, a library, a loft, a media room, play room, mud room and bonus upstairs room with one of its six full bathrooms.

1100 N. Green Bay Road

Centrally located in north Lake Forest, this six bedroom French Provincial style mansion sits on a circular drive at the corner of Green Bay Road and Laurel Avenue. On Wednesday, its asking price was reduced to an even $2 million.

ith beautiful formal and informal spaces for guests, this 1994 brick and stucco build on 1.13 acres has three interior fireplaces, a three car garage and three stories.

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With its latest price drop, the asking price of this property has fallen about $800,000, down from nearly $2.8 million in 2011.

10 Pembroke Drive

This renovated Georgian brick mansion has five bedrooms and five bathrooms on more than 5,000 square feet of interior in a 1.38 acre lot is located near the corner of Deerpath and Green Bay roads just blocks from downtown Lake Forest.

Built in 1979 and completely renovated, this home sits on a private cul-de-sac and includes six fireplaces, a private library, a recreation room, and a finished basement among its 11 rooms.

This home has a fenced in backyard with a heated pull and mature vegetation providing privacy out of sliding glass doors from the family entertainment room.

The asking price of this property was dropped to $2.175 million on Wednesday, down $200,000 from its listing price last year.

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