Local Area

Memphis is:

• The nation's 18th largest city, with a metro population of over 1 million people.

• Home of the world's largest air cargo airport for 6 years now.

• The third largest rail center in the U.S.

• The 4^th largest inland port in the U.S.

• Home of the NBA Memphis Grizzlies.

Memphis had the highest percentage of first-time home buyers in 1999, according to the annual "Who's Buying Homes in America" conducted by the Chicago Title Corp., and ranked 2^nd highest in minority home buyers.

The Mortgage Bankers Association of America put Memphis at number ten on its Top Ten Hottest U.S. Markets for Mortgage Lenders hot index list, which ranks markets by such loan-business generators as household, or family, formations, population growth and employment levels.

• City of Memphis

• City of Germantown

• City of Collierville

• City of Cordova

• City of Bartlett

• City Olive Branch, MS

• City of Southaven, MS