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John Wright is a licensed Broker in the State of Illinois since April 2007 and a licensed Real Estate Agent in Texas since August 2021. He has sold more than 1,300 homes and $200 million in sales in his 15-year career. John services the Chicago and San Antonio markets.

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2007 vs 2022 Housing Market – Is this the Next Housing Bubble?

By John Wright

April 2007. It seems like a lifetime ago to me. It was the month that I began my real…

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