Late mortgage payments skyrocket in Atlanta (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Home sweet home for many consumers rests on ever shakier foundations. Metro Atlantans and Georgians have a tougher time with on-time mortgage payments compared with the rest of the country, based on quarterly reports by Equifax Inc. and Moody's Economy.com. [ Submit your comments below. ]

Ohio Loan Program for Middle-Class (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
With her successful home day-care business buoying her optimism, Shannon Carr signed off on her mortgage and moved into a bigger house in a nicer neighborhood.

Hands on Georgia week continues (The Union-Recorder)
Ashley Barfield didn't mind getting a little dirty at the Oconee Valley American Red Cross Service Center on Wednesday morning.

Foreclosures Up In Mid-GA - Affects All Homeowners (FOX 24 Macon)
A beautiful house, manicured lawn, 2 bed/2 bath, nice neighborhood, reasonable price... sound appealing? In 2007, several hundred middle georgian families lost their ideal home to foreclosure.

Mortgage pliancy urged (Denver Post)
Lenders should restructure adjustable- rate mortgages before rising payments push them into default, Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.