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» VISIT US ONLINE @ DSNEWS.COM 91 IN THE NEWS Hutchens Law Opens Office In South Carolina Hutchens Law Firm, a default service law office based in North Carolina, announced that it has opened an office in Columbia, South Carolina. e new Columbia office is the fourth for Hutchens Law and the firm's first in South Carolina. e new office is led by managing attor- ney John Kay and practicing attorneys John Kelchner and Ashley Z. Stanley. Combined, the three have 52 years of experience related to default issues in South Carolina. ey have concluded more than 10,000 foreclosures in the state since 2003. "We have spent considerable time choos- ing South Carolina lawyers to join our firm," Hutchens Law Firm founding partner Terry Hutchens said. "We now cover all the Caroli- nas in providing default services to our clients." Hutchens covered all matters related to default services, including foreclosure, loss mitigation, bankruptcy, eviction, REO, litigation, deed-in-lieu, and title curative. e three attorneys in the new Columbia office have been active in current default services issues, such as manufactured homes, home- owners associations, and general issues related to housing. eir experience includes tackling the issue of compliance with two new admin- istrative orders issued by the South Carolina Supreme Court that have impacted the processing of foreclosures in the state. e three attorneys established a process in regard to the utilization of the recently passed "Expedited Foreclosure" statute (Sen- ate Bill S1007). Hutchens Law Firm, which was founded in 1980, also has offices in Fayetteville, Charlotte, and Wilmington, all in North Carolina. e firm provides legal representa- tion to clients in many areas, including real estate, personal injury, civil litigation, busi- ness law, administration law, and workers' compensation, Social Security disability, and trusts and estates. Oklahoma RANK: 16 90+ Day Foreclosure Unemployment Delinquency Rate Rate Rate JULY 2014 2.04% 2.06% 4.7 YEAR AGO 2.23% 2.50% 5.6 YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -8.6% -17.4% -0.9 Top County ADAIR COUNTY 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JULY 2014 4.13% 7.47% YEAR AGO 3.14% 8.93% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE 31.3% -16.3% Top Core-Based Statistical Area TAHLEQUAH, OK 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JULY 2014 2.69% 4.02% YEAR AGO 1.89% 4.59% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE 42.8% -12.4% note: The 90+ day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are seriously delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the July 2014 foreclosure rate. All fi gures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate refl ects preliminary July 2014 fi gures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. South Carolina RANK: 20 90+ Day Foreclosure Unemployment Delinquency Rate Rate Rate JULY 2014 2.31% 1.89% 6.4 YEAR AGO 2.36% 2.96% 7.5 YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -2.5% -36.2% -1.1 Top County DILLON COUNTY 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JULY 2014 5.96% 4.96% YEAR AGO 4.77% 4.10% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE 25.0% 21.0% Top Core-Based Statistical Area ORANGEBURG, SC 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JULY 2014 4.79% 3.28% YEAR AGO 4.41% 5.08% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE 8.7% -35.4% note: The 90+ day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are seriously delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the July 2014 foreclosure rate. All fi gures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate refl ects preliminary July 2014 fi gures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. Tennessee RANK: 36 90+ Day Foreclosure Unemployment Delinquency Rate Rate Rate JULY 2014 3.18% 0.93% 7.4 YEAR AGO 3.44% 1.22% 8.4 YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -7.4% -23.6% -1 Top County HOUSTON COUNTY 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JULY 2014 2.33% 2.96% YEAR AGO 2.84% 1.49% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -18.0% 98.9% Top Core-Based Statistical Area PARIS, TN 90+ Day Foreclosure Delinquency Rate Rate JULY 2014 1.64% 1.85% YEAR AGO 2.28% 1.63% YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGE -28.0% 13.6% note: The 90+ day delinquecy rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans that are seriously delinquent. The foreclosure rate is the percentage of outstanding mortgage loans currently in foreclosure. State rank is based on the July 2014 foreclosure rate. All fi gures are rounded to the nearest decimal. The unemployment rate refl ects preliminary July 2014 fi gures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. All other data courtesy of LPS Data & Analytics. Tennessee All Stars Realty 2857 Shelby Street, Bartlett, TN 38134 901-674-7653 cell 901-387-1199 offi ce 901-432-5445 fax ritadriver1@gmail.com www.driverteam.net Rita Driver President – Principal Broker Tennessee's unemployment rate of 7.4 percent for August was still above the national average of 6,1 percent despite a gain of 59,000 jobs from August 2013 to August 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. KNOW THIS South Carolina's unemployment rate jumped by 0.6 percentage points from 5.8 percent to 6.4 percent month-over-month in August 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. KNOW THIS