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Phil Sexton

Agent Support at John Hall & Associates, Loan Officer at L&G Mortgagebanc

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I work out of the John Hall & Associates corporate office (Phx, AZ). I enjoy teaching technology classes, speaking at weekly broker meetings, and expanding John Hall's presence online.

Writing profiles is going to be my new line of business!

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  • We run a separate WP.com
    By Phil SextonApril 24, 2008 - 9:34am

    We run a separate WP.com blog. The looks are similar, but definitely not the same. The price was right to begin playing with it to see if it was something we wanted to stick with, which it is. We've only been doing this since Dec., but so far enjoy having 2 separate sites because it allows us to have a different personality on the blog. As stated in "The Purpose" section of the blog, the professionalism that shines through on our regular website, might be slightly less shiney on the blog. It basically gives us a little more freedom as we learn. Phil Sexton - Agent Support John Hall & Associates - Phoenix, AZ

  • G. Dewald- Thanks for the
    By Phil SextonApril 23, 2008 - 10:45am

    G. Dewald- Thanks for the offer to help analyze! I seem to have some personal 'Captcha' issues I need to figure out later - for now I'll just respond here. The majority of the data I use is publicly available. As far as the pending data - current figures are readily available, but past numbers are more challenging. We print out weekly reports to observe trends but haven't been documenting the pending numbers - hence the vagueness of the last time we've been at 7K. BTW - The post you linked to took me back to my stats class at NAU. Thanks! I rarely use Standard Deviation in my trends analysis - but will probably click the magic button in Excel to see if I can get my charts to show anything interesting. Thanks again! Phil Sexton - Agent Support John Hall & Associates - Phoenix, AZ

  • The question here in
    By Phil SextonApril 23, 2008 - 9:13am

    The question here in Phoenix: Is it improving or is it seasonal? We have been improving month over month since Jan - but that's normal. The encouraging part is that our local MLS currently has over 7,000 pending sales (1st time in a long time) and we already have 2,500 closings in April. If April posts a bigger number than March it will be the first time since 2004 that we have had increasing sales 4 months in a row. That's a good arguement that it's improving! An interesting point is that over half of the sales are properties that are vacant (normally 20%ish). Which means we aren't converting as many sellers to buyers - we're just absorbing the banks and other investors inventory. That will make it a slower recovery, but if we can couple that with 'steady' we'll be good! Phil Sexton - Agent Support John Hall & Associates - Our Blog