Homes in Atlanta Facing Foreclosure Have Risen 65%

More American homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments last month, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65% versus the same month last year and contributing to a deepening slide in home values, a research company said yesterday. Nationwide, 243,353 homes received at least one foreclosure-related filing in April, up 65% from 147,708 in the same month last year and up ...
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Atlanta federal prosecutors have indicted seven metro Atlanta residents in alleged straw-buyer
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More Atlanta homes at risk; Clayton hardest hit - Atlanta Journal Constitution

More Atlanta homes at risk; Clayton hardest hitAtlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - May 18, 2008"A lot of those folks are going into foreclosure," said Dan Immergluck, a professor at Georgia Tech who is an expert on mortgage lending. ...
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Banks' ties to legislators run deep in foreclosure crisisAtlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - May 31, 2008Georgia's mortgage troubles intensified while the Legislature met this year. 13
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GA- The rape of intelligence

... are pending, including the church restriction). Now a sex offender who owns his or her home will be allowed to remain there even if a facility where children gather later opens nearby ... . And, he added, most such assaults take place in the victim's home, not that of a convicted sex offender nor at a church or school-bus stop. Moreover, ... outside the state's borders? IF THAT'S THE CASE, then the water
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GA - New sex offender law gets first challenge

... guilty in 2003 to one count of transporting obscene matter to a minor in federal court in Atlanta. He served 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release, ... also filed around the state by people who had been forced out of their homes and jobs by the law, and last November the Georgia Supreme Court struck ... children or simply teenagers who engage in consensual sex; and
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Scam artist with phony injury claim attempting to hustle lawyers in Atlanta

This morning I got a call from a man in ICU at one of our local hospitals. He said he has hit by a tractor trailer yesterday, and that he had two fractured femurs, a ruptured spleen, ruptured discs, crushed vertebra, etc., and asked if I could meet him at the hospital. I agreed to see him this afternoon at the hospital, which is near my home. When I arrived a little ...
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Tulips come in many sizes and colors

My daughter loves tulips and I promised her that we would plant some this fall for next spring. For her, this means bright red or yellow and the bigger the better. While I admire big tulips like 'Red Impression' and love the fragrance and color of 'Apricot Beauty,' I also like some of the smaller species types that are easy to tuck into the perennial or rock garden. Not only do they take up less
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Plant spring bulbs that are easy to grow and live long

Spring is upon us and bulbs are popping up all over. Although I love daffodils and feel that one can never have too many, there are a host of other spring bulbs that are beautiful, easy to grow and long lived in the garden. Some, like snowflake, Leucojum aestivum "gravetye giant," form large clumps and grow 18 to 30 inches tall or taller. The white bell-shaped flowers tipped in green add movement to the garden
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Old-fashioned roses easier to grow in some gardens

I grow roses but they have to be tough to make the cut in my garden. This means that I generally grow old garden roses, many of which are extremely fragrant. I leave those that require a regular spray program to look good and thrive for the serious rose growers. I have incorporated the roses I grow into my perennial garden. Climbers One that I added last spring is Rosa 'Zephirine Drouhin.' This old-fashioned climber
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The Future of Legal Education conference, GSU College of Law, Atlanta

I'm at The Future of Education conference in Atlanta GA by kind permission of Clark Cunningham, conference chair and organiser. I'll be blogging the conference on this blog over the next three days or so, posting when I get back to my hotel. On the way over it was a freezing morning in Glasgow. Gatwick was fog-bound, so we sat on the tarmac for an hour in Glasgow. Wasn't looking good for catching the connection
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Hundreds of Foreclosed Georgia Houses To Be Auctioned

to this article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The homes are valued from $30,000 to nearly $700,000, according to the company, which says it is America's largest auction firm of bank-owned real estate The company said it will auction over 500 Atlanta homes Jan. 16 and 17 at the Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center and Jan. 19 and 20 at the Hilton Atlanta. Other homes will be auctioned ...
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