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Lake Oconee’s Hometown Bank

Helping you call our home, your home

Every day we’re excited to welcome new neighbors to our hometown in Georgia’s Lake Country! In our 75 years of banking and building in the area, we’ve watched our community grow and develop into the place people love to live and visit. Whether it’s your first home, second home or vacation home, we welcome you to our hometown with the people, tools, and resources you need to buy and build a home in Georgia’s Lake Country.

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We specialize in financing & managing custom home builds

Custom home builds can be stressful and overwhelming. With all the moving parts of the home building process, we make it convenient and hassle-free to finance your home build and manage your construction loan. Whether you’re purchasing a lot, building a home, or both, we make the process seamless with our leading technology and experts in construction management.

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What Our Customers Say About BankSouth Custom Home Construction Financing

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BankSouth Construction Financing: The Spears Family:

Tom and Aline Spears moved from Florida to the Lake Oconee area and selected BankSouth to finance the construction of their home. Watch The Spears talk about why they love Lake Oconee and how BankSouth helped them call Lake Oconee home.

BankSouth Construction Financing: The Herrera Family pt. 1:

BankSouth follows a family in their move from metro Atlanta to Lake Oconee. Building on a lot they purchased 20 years ago, Sandy and Diann Herrera walk us through their first custom home build with the help of BankSouth.

BankSouth Construction Financing: The Herrera Family pt. 2:

Sandy and Diann are back to give us an update on the next phase of their custom home construction build, some of the challenges they've faced since we last saw them and how BankSouth was there to help.

BankSouth Construction Financing: The Herrera Family pt. 3:

We see the completed house the Herreras call home. They give some advice for anyone looking to build, why they trusted BankSouth through the process, and how it made their relationship stronger than ever.

The Tools You Need

Manage your construction budget, payments, and inspections with simplified technology.

We make it easy for you to pay your builder or contractors for their work and make draws from your construction loan after each phase of your construction is complete. Replace spreadsheets and manual formulas and with cutting-edge technology to stay on top of your construction and construction loan. BankLabs is a useful online tool to help keep track of your construction by requesting draws, viewing inspections, and receiving alerts.