5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, Apr 2008  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 11/06/2008   
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APRIL KEY FIGURES

Mar 2008
Apr 2008
Mar 2008 to Apr 2008
$m
$m
% change

TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation
14 393
14 007
-2.7
Personal finance
7 007
6 898
-1.6
Commercial finance
40 548
38 140
-5.9
Lease finance
596
592
-0.8
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation
14 092
13 406
-4.9
Personal finance
6 528
6 910
5.8
Commercial finance
38 187
32 601
-14.6
Lease finance
587
594
1.3


Personal finance
Graph: PERSONAL FINANCE

Commercial finance
Graph: COMMERCIAL FINANCE




APRIL KEY POINTS


APRIL 2008 COMPARED WITH MARCH 2008:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased both in trend terms (down 2.7%) and seasonally adjusted (down 4.9%).


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance fell 1.6%, due to a fall in both revolving credit commitments (down 2.2%) and fixed lending commitments (down 0.9%).
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 5.8%. This was due to a rise in revolving credit commitments (up 14.6%), which was slightly offset by a fall in fixed lending commitments (down 3.1%).


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments fell 5.9%. This was due to a fall in both fixed lending commitments (down 6.3%) and revolving credit commitments (down 5.2%).
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments fell 14.6%. This decrease was due to a fall in both revolving credit commitments (down 20.2%) and fixed lending commitments (down 11.5%) .


LEASE FINANCE
  • Lease finance commitments (trend) decreased by 0.8%. The lease finance seasonally adjusted series rose by 1.3%.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
May 2008 14 July 2008
June 2008 11 August 2008
July 2008 10 September 2008
August 2008 13 October 2008
September 2008 12 November 2008
October 2008 15 December 2008



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

As advised in the previous issue, tables 19-26 'Commercial Finance Commitments' now include a subsection under '1. Construction finance' labelled '1.1 Construction of dwellings for rent / resale' from April 2008 onwards.


REVISIONS

Revisions were made to Housing and Commercial Finance to include the latest available administrative and survey data.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Philip Beresford on Canberra (02) 6252 6052.