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Habt ihr noch die Videos von Detroit im Kopf? Da wäre mir auch ein USD zuviel... vielleicht mit einer Abriß - und Wiederaufbauprämie? Aber welcher anständige Handwerker könnte sich wohl in eine Gegend wagen, wo einem von Schrot über .22, .38, .45 so ziemlich alle Kaliber um die Ohren fliegen, wenn man wagt den Kopf aus der Tür zu stecken?
DETROIT -- Welcome to Landlord Nation, where foreclosure notices are plentiful and for-sale signs offer at least 1,800 homes for under $10,000 that once were worth at least 10 times more.
In extreme cases, homes are on sale for $1 or less, which has enticed investors to Detroit from as far away as the United Kingdom and Australia.
"In the past few months, I've picked up 10 new clients from out of state that are buying in bulk," said Mike Shannon, a suburban Detroit real estate agent. His office specializes in foreclosures in a city that's among the national leaders.<!-- OAS AD 'ArticleFlex_1' end ý</pý <!--startclickprintexcludeý <!--endclickprintexcludeý<pý"They're coming to us, saying 'Look, I want to buy 50, 100, 1,000.' They want to own every decent and cheap house they can find."</pý
Despite a stagnant retail housing 
"I thought it would be quite good fun to have a look," said Darren Veness, who lives near Brighton, England.
Outside buyers are the latest in a long line of landlords taking over the deteriorating housing stock of a city that because of its once mighty auto industry boasted one of the highest owner-occupied housing rates in the U.S. And unlike many large cities, Detroit's single-family homes dominate its landscape, not high-rise apartment buildings.
The outside investors aren't only interested in Detroit, but it's been targeted because of the sheer volume of homes and the fact that values have fallen so much more than elsewhere.
Detroit now has the lowest ownership rate for single-family detached homes of the 20 largest cities in the country, according to data analyzed by longtime Detroit demographer Kurt Metzger.
Even the sale of U.S. Housing and Urban Development homes has been impacted by the poor housing climate in Detroit. The average sales prices of such homes plunged from $46,702 in 2003 to $8,692 last year. Through the first month of 2009, average sales were $6,035.
Japan's current account balance swung to its largest deficit on record in January, with the income surplus tumbling about a third from a year earlier, as the global recession crushes export demand and income from overseas investments.
The contraction in Japan's main export markets is pushing industrial giants such as Toyota Motor and Sony deep into the red, prompting job and production cuts and setting the economy on course for its longest recession in modern times.
"We expect a further deterioration in the current account balance," said Akira Maekawa, senior economist at UBS. "We have seen the declines in exports, and now we see the income balance
declining because the global financial crisis is cutting earnings on overseas investments. This is a bad development for an export-oriented economy."
Japan's current account balance fell to a deficit of 172.8 billion yen ($1.8 billion) in January, government data showed.
It was the first deficit in a decade and much deeper than the 15.3 billion yen median forecast from analysts polled by Reuters.
Other data issued on Monday showed bank lending rose in February from a year earlier while commercial paper issuance fell, although less than in January, reflecting a slight easing in gummed up financial markets that have forced companies to borrow from banks.
While there may be some signs of easing tension in the country's credit markets, declining export and income revenues will weigh on the economy for months to come.
Japan's income surplus shrank 31.5 percent in January from a year earlier due to lower interest rates and dividend payments from overseas, a Ministry of Finance official told reporters.
A stronger yen also reduced the value of income from overseas investment, he said.
With Japanese share prices hovering just above 26-year lows and the country's key export industries suffering from an unprecedented downturn due to the global slump, the government and the central bank are under pressure to boost domestic consumption and spur corporate lending.
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The balance of outstanding loans held by Japanese banks rose 3.5 percent in February from a year earlier, after a 3.6 percent increase the previous month.
Outstanding Japanese commercial paper held by banks fell 6.1 percent in February from a year earlier after a 10.1 percent drop in January.
Die Finanzkrise hat nach einer Studie der Asiatischen Entwicklungsbank (ADB) weltweit Vermögenswerte von 50 Billionen Dollar - umgerechnet 39,4 Billionen Euro - vernichtet. Asien war stärker betroffen als andere aufstrebende Regionen. Dort seien 9,6 Billionen Dollar vernichtet worden, etwas mehr als das Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) eines ganzen Jahres, berichtete die ADB. ADB-Präsident Haruhiko Kuroda sprach von der schlimmsten Krise seit der großen Depression im vergangenen Jahrhundert. Doch werde sich Asien als eine der ersten Regionen von der Krise erholen.
Asien ist nach Meinung der ADB-Ökonomen besonders betroffen, weil die Region sich so rasant entwickelt hat. Zwischen 2003 und 2007 sei der Wert der Finanzanlagen in Asien von 250 Prozent auf 370 Prozent des BIP gestiegen. Im Vergleich sei der Anteil etwa in Lateinamerika nur um 30 Prozent gestiegen. Deshalb liege der Verlust dort nur bei 2,1 Billionen Dollar oder 57 Prozent des BIP. Die Daten zeigten, dass die Krise wegen der engen Verbindungen zwischen Finanzmärkten und Volkswirtschaften kein Land unberührt lasse.
Die ADB rechnet zu der asiatischen Region ("Developing Asia") 44 Länder von Afghanistan über Kasachstan, Bangladesch und Indonesien bis zu den Inselstaaten im Pazifischen Ozean, aber auch China, Indien und Singapur.
"Ich fürchte, es wird alles noch schlimmer, bevor es besser wird", sagte Kuroda. "Aber ich bin zuversichtlich, dass Asien als eine der ersten Regionen aus der Krise kommt und stärker daraus hervorgeht als es je zuvor war." Mit einer Konjunkturerholung sei erst gegen Jahresende oder Anfang kommenden Jahres zu rechnen. "Die nächsten 12 bis 18 Monate werden schwierig", heißt es in der Studie.
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