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October 12-18, 2012, Vol. 5, Issue 42 SPECIAL EMPHASIS: HEALTH CARE GAUGING THE INDUSTRy’S PULSE Special coverage looks at some of the stories circulating through the city’s health care and biotechnology fields Page 16 SHELBY • FAYETTE • TIPTON • MADISON political outsourcing In a non-swing state, campaign supporters take fight, resources elsewhere // PAGE 14 12 Sports The University of Memphis and first-year head coach Justin Fuente finally won a football game – and Don Wade was among the few inside Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium to witness it. What, if anything, does a 14-10 win over Rice mean for the Tigers as they prepare for the rest of their schedule? WEEKLY DIGEST: PAGE 2 real EState: PAGES 22-23 laW talK: PAGE 28 NEWSMAKERS: PAGE 31 EDITORIAL: PAGE 38 A Publication of The Daily News Publishing Co. | www.thememphisnews.com 2 October 12-18, 2012 www.thememphisnews.com weekly digest Get news daily from The Daily News, www.memphisdailynews.com. MAAR Reports through the Small Business Lending Fund Redevelopment Agency, which last week The number of homes entering the have increased their small business lend- approved an allocation of $1.68 million foreclosure process, so-called foreclosure September Home Sales ing by $275.1 million over their baselines, and a donation of 50 lots to support the starts, fell to 87,066 in September, down 12 Memphis-area home sales for Sep- according to the U.S. Department of Trea- two-year home-building and rehabilita- percent from August and 15 percent from tember rose 17.1 percent from the same sury in a new report. tion project. These funds are generated by a year earlier. It was the second-straight month a year ago, with 1,287 total sales The SBLF, established as part of the tax increment funding. month of declines following three months recorded in the Memphis Area Association Small Business Jobs Act that President To complete the project, Habitat of increases, Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac of Realtors MAARdata property records Barack Obama signed into law in 2010, must raise nearly $3 million in additional reported. database. encourages community banks to increase funds from local foundations and house- Foreclosure starts since peaked in April Total sales decreased 15 percent from their lending to small businesses. Through building partners, such as companies, 2009 at around 203,000. But the current August. the fund, the U.S. Department of Treasury faith-based organizations and schools. In level is still well above the 34,000 starts Average sales price year over year was invested more than $4 billion in 332 in- an effort to retain local jobs, some homes recorded in May 2005, before the collapse up 1.6 percent at $128,971. stitutions that operate in more than 3,000 in Uptown will be built via Habitat’s tradi- of the housing market. Inventory declined 2.1 percent, with locations across 48 states. tional model with house-building partners Overall foreclosure filings include no- 7,392 units listed for sale. Sales volume The fund provides capital to commu- and volunteers, and others will be built tices of defaults on mortgages, scheduled year to date increased 17.6 percent to $1.46 nity banks with less than $10 billion in as- with subcontractors. auctions and repossessions. Foreclosure billion. sets – a threshold that most Memphis-area starts are either default notices or sched- “Average sales price for September banks fall under. uled auctions, depending on the state’s topped $132,000 and was at almost US Foreclosure Filings Hit legal process. $155,000 for non-bank sales,” MAAR presi- 5-Year Low in September The pace of homes entering the dent Carol Lott said in a written statement. Memphis Habitat to Focus foreclosure process is expected to slow “That’s encouraging. Year to date we’re up On Uptown Next Two Years U.S. foreclosure filings dropped to a gradually, barring another severe eco- in sales, pricing and sales volume.” five-year low in September as fewer homes nomic shock that would send the recover- The database includes records of all Habitat for Humanity of Greater Mem- were on track to be seized by lenders. ing housing market into a tailspin, experts property transactions in Shelby, Fayette phis has selected Uptown as its neighbor- It was the second-consecutive monthly say. But the decline in foreclosures is likely and Tipton counties. hood of choice for 2013 and 2014, with decline in filings, although there remains a to continue playing out unevenly, in part To see real estate information compa- plans to build 50 homes and rehabilitate sharp divergence along state lines, accord- because of the differing approaches to ny Chandler Reports’ September totals for 100 properties in the area. ing to a report Thursday by foreclosure handling foreclosures from state to state. Shelby County, see the Oct. 19-25 edition The Uptown project is the first of its listing firm RealtyTrac Inc. Meanwhile, there were 53,569 com- of The Memphis News. kind for Memphis Habitat – a project On a national level, overall foreclosure pleted foreclosures last month. That’s up 2 where the nonprofit affiliate builds homes filings last month – including home repos- percent from August but down 18 percent and does repairs on existing properties in sessions – fell 7 percent from August and from September 2011. Tennessee Banks Increase a defined neighborhood. Habitat has com- 16 percent from September 2011. There Home repossessions nationwide have Small Business Lending pleted 20 rehabs to date in Uptown. were 180,427 foreclosure filings reported been down on an annual basis for the past The project is funded in part by the for September, the fewest since July 2007 23 months. They rose in September in 12 Tennessee banks receiving capital Memphis and Shelby County Community in the midst of the housing market bust. states, including New Jersey, where they Master Your Market: A quarterly seminar series on Shelby County real estate trends. Join us as we review 3rd Quarter residential & commercial sales activity, foreclosure analysis, new housing trends, lending & mortgage activity and more! Guest speaker Dr. Phyllis Betts of the University of Memphis Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action presents her team’s latest study on lending and foreclosure trends. “Master your Market has been of great help to me since you started your presentation. The market statistics and conditions help me advise my clients with the data that Chandler compiled. It is always useful to have information outside of the MLS in this challenging market.”~Michele Crump, Hobson Realtors Thursday, November 8, 2012 Reserve your seat today! 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Call 901-528-5273 or email [email protected] Germantown Great Hall & Conf Ctr. www.chandlerreports.com Media Room Attendees receive electronic copies of our presentation and $10 walk away with our most popular market trend reports. www.thememphisnews.com October 12-18, 2012 3 Get news daily from The Daily News, www.memphisdailynews.com. weekly digest jumped 48 percent, and Indiana, where plan to pay their taxes. percent annual rate. That would be only Alberici Corp., a St. Louis-based construc- they increased 31 percent. Since these tax clinics began in March, a slight improvement from the tepid 1.3 tion company, to investigate the possibil- Between January and September, Linebarger has successfully helped 120 percent annual growth rate in the April- ity of acquiring Flintco. banks completed foreclosures on 505,585 taxpayers, with most placed on a payment June quarter. Founded in 1908, Tulsa, Okla.-based homes. At that pace, the country is on plan designed to keep their property from A stronger job market could help Flintco is the largest general contractor track to end the year with about 675,000 being forced into a tax sale. boost growth in the final three months in Memphis. The construction company completed foreclosures, down from Anyone planning to attend the clinic of the year. When more people find jobs, also has offices in Albuquerque, N.M.; around 800,000 last year, according to should bring a tax bill, a recent letter from consumer spending typically increases. Austin, Texas; Oklahoma City; Sacramen- Daren Blomquist, a vice president at the Linebarger firm, or their account Consumer spending accounts for nearly to, Calif.; and Springdale, Ark. RealtyTrac. number. Calling 260-4058 ahead of time 70 percent of economic activity. Ongoing projects of Flintco locally will reserve a seat as well as allow the law include St. Jude Children’s Research Hos- firm’s staff to research the account prior pital’s $198 million tower and the Mem- US Jobless Claims Fall To to the clinic. County Commission Ends phis International Airport’s $90 million 339K, Fewest in 4½ Years One more clinic after this month’s Redistricting Court Fight Ground Transportation Center. Both are is scheduled for this year. It will be held under construction. The number of Americans seeking Nov. 10 at the Orange Mound Community Shelby County Commissioners have Flintco would continue to operate unemployment aid plummeted last week Center, 2572 Park Ave. dropped their appeal in the Chancery as Flintco, using the Flintco name. Its to seasonally adjusted 339,000, the lowest Court lawsuit over redistricting and employees and divisions would all be level in more than four years. The sharp ended the protracted political dispute. retained. drop, if sustained, could signal a stronger Austin Byrd Joins The commission voted 8-5 Monday, There will be a two-month due dili- job market. Bailey & Greer Law Firm Oct. 8, to drop its appeal of the June rul- gence period to allow Flintco and Alberici The Labor Department said Thursday ing by Chancellor Arnold Goldin in favor to go into greater detail to validate the that weekly applications fell by 30,000 Austin Byrd, a veteran medical device of a new set of district lines that make the strategic fit and work out the details of a to the fewest since February 2008.