Die österreichischen Banken sind kaum noch in der Lage, die Krise in Osteuropa aus eigener Kraft zu bewältigen. Jetzt fordert die Bank Austria ein internationales Hilfspaket für die gesamte Region.
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New housing starts and permits tumbled to a record low in December, data showed on Thursday, accelerating a downward spiral that has left the economy mired in a recession.
Housing starts fell 15.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 550,000 units, the lowest on record, from an upwardly revised rate of 651,000 units in November, the Commerce Department said.
That was the biggest percentage drop since January 2007, when housing starts fell 16.2 percent.
Analysts polled by Reuters had expected an annual rate of 610,000 units for December.
New building permits, which give a sense of future home construction, dropped 10.7 percent to 549,000 units, also a historic low, from 615,000 units in November. That was also sharply below analysts' estimates of 610,000.
Compared to the same period in 2007, housing starts tumbled 45.0 percent in December and permits fell 50.6 percent. Both were the largest year-to-year drops since January 1991.
U.S. mortgage applications dropped last week, as a jump in home loan rates sapped demand for refinancing, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday.
Average 30-year mortgage rates leaped 0.35 percentage point in the week ended Jan. 16 to 5.24 percent, after touching the lowest level in the history of the trade group's survey, which dates to 1990.
A spate of applications when the rate for 30-year fixed mortgages hit 4.89 percent the prior week had propelled the refinancing index to a 5-1/2-year peak.
The Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications, which includes both purchase and refinance loans, fell 9.8 percent to 1,195.3 in the past week.
That was the lowest level since mid-December but still about three times higher than some readings in late October and in November before government actions to slash home borrowing costs took hold.
The Mortgage Bankers Association's refinance applications index dropped 12.4 percent to 6,491.8, while the purchase applications gauge climbed 2.5 percent to 303.1 on a seasonally adjusted basis.
Refinancings made up 83.3 percent of total loan requests, just below the prior week's 85.3 percent share, which was the highest share on record, the MBA said.
Even with the increase in mortgages rates, the rates are at least one percentage point less than three months ago, driving the rush to cut costs by refinancing existing loans.
Home buying is a much different story.
Requests for loans to buy homes rose in the latest week but remained near eight-year lows, with the recession and potential job losses stifling appetite.
The trend of declining home prices has also kept many potential buyers at bay.
These factors dragged home builder sentiment to an all-time low this month, the National Association of Home Builders said on Wednesday.
The trade group is pressing for sweeping federal actions, including an enhanced home buyer tax credit, to lure qualified buyers back to the worst housing market since the Great Depression.
22.01.2009 , 14:44 Uhr von Stefan Menzel
Die österreichischen Banken sind kaum noch in der Lage, die Krise in Osteuropa aus eigener Kraft zu bewältigen. Jetzt fordert die Bank Austria ein internationales Hilfspaket für die gesamte Region.
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Mit dem Kauf der nächsten Hälfte kam ich leider zu spät. Mein SL habe ich von 1,40€ auf 2,20€ angehoben.
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22.01.2009 , 19:43 Uhr von Daniel Goffart und Carsten Herz
Der Kölner Autohersteller Ford hat angesichts der Wirtschaftskrise vor wachsenden Überkapazitäten in der Branche gewarnt. Schon jetzt gebe es im Automarkt weltweit 20 Millionen Fahrzeuge zu viel, und diese Zahl werde um weitere sieben Millionen wachsen, sagte Ford-Deutschland-Chef Bernhard Mattes dem Handelsblatt.
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Für die Neuausrichtung und Fusion der WestLB liegt jetzt ein konkreter Fahrplan vor. In der alten WestLB verbleiben nur die attraktiven Geschäftsbereiche Kapitalmarkt, Mittelstandsfinanzierung und das Firmenkundengeschäft. Außerdem hoffen die Düsseldorfer auf Schützenhilfe.
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