Foreclosure filings in the U.S. fell in the first quarter to the lowest level in three years as lenders worked through their backlog of flawed paperwork related to home seizures, according to RealtyTrac Inc.

"Hamilton State Bancshares, parent of Hamilton State Bank, said it repaid the nearly $7.4 million it received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. It is the third bank in Georgia to do so after Atlanta-based Georgia Commerce Bank and SunTrust Banks."