North Augusta halls may be sold Rosemary and Lookaway halls might soon be sold. A bid was made on both properties this week, according to Georgia Bank & Trust representatives.

Wells, based in San Francisco, purchased Wachovia Corp. last year in the wake of that bank's collapse.

Atlanta-based Beazer Homes will reimburse homeowners nationwide up to $48 million to settle government allegations that from 2000 to 2007, its mortgage division charged buyers interest discount points, then did not lower the interest rates on federally backed loans.

Developers had big plans for a 32-acre plot of land just north of I-20 in southeast DeKalb County: an amusement park, indoor water park, 6,500 seat arena and hotel conference center, all with a theme based on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Pending home sales show a "sustained uptrend," according to figures released just seconds ago by the National Association of Realtors .

Manufactured-housing retailers like Flamingo Home Sales in Athens feel the recession might not have been so deep if more people had listened to them.

Community Bank of West Georgia , based in the western suburb of Villa Rica, was seized by state regulators late Friday, the 13th Georgia bank failure since August 2008.

By MARCY GORDON Regulators on Friday shut down two small banks in Georgia, boosting to 42 the number of failures this year of federally insured banks.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

According to the latest numbers Florida and Georgia are among the top ten states when it comes to foreclosures.

Small business owners who were turned away from banks this week can return to apply for loans under the Small Business Administration's new America's Recovery Capital loan program.