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Live Bristol listings updated daily from the MLS — plus what local buyers should know before making a move.
Luxury in Bristol means acreage and custom construction, not a gated production subdivision. The top of the recorded market is the Royal Oaks Drive corridor by Blackberry Oaks Golf Course — platted as the Woods of Blackberry Oaks — where custom homes on roughly one-acre lots recorded sales of $635,000 to $755,000 between 2023 and 2025. Bristol Woods adds wooded customs to $640,000 on Corneils Road, and unincorporated farmette parcels along Cannonball Trail and Bristol Ridge Road round out the estate end of the 60512 zip.
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Active listings pulled directly from the MLS.
Expect custom homes built from the early 1990s through the mid-2000s on lots of an acre or more — the Woods of Blackberry Oaks plat holds 66 parcels, and the adjacent Blackberry Ridge lots run 1.5-plus acres with recorded sales of $570K–$600K. Settings back onto the 18-hole public golf course routed along Blackberry Creek, or into the woods off Corneils Road. Well and septic are common, and covenants vary by plat — we review them before you offer.
The Royal Oaks corridor — covered in our Royal Oaks neighborhood guide — runs along Blackberry Oaks Golf Course at 2245 Kennedy Road, an 18-hole public course playing 5,294 to 6,400-plus yards along Blackberry Creek. Bristol Woods, about 35 custom homes centered on 1990 construction with a median near 2,600 square feet, sits three miles north of downtown Yorkville. Both areas feed Yorkville CUSD 115 and reach I-88 in roughly 15 minutes.
Comp sets at the top of the Bristol market are thin — a few recorded sales a year — so appraisal documentation is a genuine skill position here. For acreage parcels, review recorded covenants, well and septic capacity, and any easements on the survey before you offer. Jumbo thresholds rarely come into play at Bristol prices, which keeps lending straightforward.
Only a handful of $600K-plus sales record in Bristol in any year, and the best of them — golf course frontage, mature trees, updated customs — often trade quickly to buyers who were already waiting. If a course-adjacent custom or a wooded acreage property is the target, get the alert set and get pre-approved; the next one may be two seasons out.
Whether you are just starting your search or ready to schedule a showing, Kealan O’Neil is here to help you every step of the way.
