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VOLUME 29 FEBRUARY 16, 2017


Unclaimed property: Davidson Countyʼs largest lost and found


Several unclaimed properties around Davidson County. The Tennessee Treasury


Department returned 41,827 claims of Unclaimed Property in 2016, marking a 28% increase over the year prior. This is the highest number of claims ever returned by the Department. More than $34 million was returned last year with an average claim amount of $817. Currently there are 702,074 instances of Unclaimed Property in Davidson County as a whole, totaling $98,258,419.67. This amount includes anything that has ever been turned over to the state since the Unclaimed Pro- perty program began in 1972.


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Unclaimed property is money that has been turned over to the State by businesses and organizations who cannot locate the rightful owners. Every year, millions of dollars are turned over, and the Tennessee Treasury Depart- ment works to get that money back to whom it belongs. In Tennessee, there is currently $789.2 million in unclaimed property still waiting to be returned. The types of unclaimed funds that may be held include stocks, bonds, gift cer- tificates, checks, unclaimed wages, refunds from utility or other companies, life insur-


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ance annuities that could not reach the beneficiary, and more. In Tennessee, the Unclaimed Property Division does not include real estate or physical items. Treasury credits the signif- icant increase in returns to the Unclaimed Property’s website: ClaimItTN.gov. This searchable online database contains all unclaimed prop- erty in Tennessee dating to the beginning of the program. You can visit www.ClaimItTN.gov to search for your name, and can file...


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Home buyers could get $15,000 to buy in these ZIP Codes


The “red” represents ZIP Codes where people can use the THDAʼs Great Choice Home Loan program. They include


37086, 37115, 37208, 37217, 37218 and 37207.


David Smith Staff Writer People in six ZIP codes


around Davidson County can now get $15,000 toward a down payment on a first-time home purchase. Tennessee Housing Develop- ment Agency Executive Director Ralph M. Perrey and Nashville Mayor Megan Barry announced last week that $60 million in federal money will be available for the program, spread across 55 ZIP codes in the state where neighborhoods have struggled to recover from the 2008 housing crash. “Our goal is to provide a shot in the arm to the neighbor- hoods and housing markets in Tennessee where the effects of the housing crisis have been most difficult to erase,” said Perrey.


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Six of the eligible ZIP codes


are in north and south Davidson County, with two extending into Rutherford and Robertson counties. Barry men- tioned the Bordeaux, Ingle- wood, Buena Vista, and north- eastern neighborhoods. “There are many families


who made a smart investment in a home many years ago, only to watch the neighborhood start to deteriorate through no fault of their own. Those are the families we want to help by generating increased attention and home sales in their area,” said Mayor Barry. Eligible borrowers who pur-


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