5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, Feb 2010  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/04/2010   
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FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

Jan 2010
Feb 2010
Jan 2010 to Feb 2010
$m
$m
% change

TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
14 985
14 516
-3.1
Personal finance
6 996
6 977
-0.3
Commercial finance
27 396
27 293
-0.4
Lease finance
373
371
-0.5
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
14 740
14 085
-4.4
Personal finance
6 943
6 988
0.7
Commercial finance
26 581
28 082
5.6
Lease finance
361
365
0.8

(a) Excludes alterations and additions

Personal finance
Graph: PERSONAL FINANCE

Commercial finance
Graph: COMMERCIAL FINANCE




FEBRUARY KEY POINTS


FEBRUARY 2010 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 2010:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased 3.1% in trend terms and the seasonally adjusted series decreased 4.4%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments decreased 0.3%. Fixed lending commitments fell 1.2%, while revolving credit commitments rose 0.5%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments increased 0.7%. Fixed lending commitments rose 1.0% and revolving credit commitments rose 0.4%.


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments decreased 0.4%. Revolving credit commitments fell 1.2% and fixed lending commitments fell 0.1%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments increased 5.6%. Revolving credit commitments rose 13.7% and fixed lending commitments rose 2.9%.


LEASE FINANCE
  • The total value of lease finance commitments decreased 0.5% in trend terms, while the seasonally adjusted series increased 0.8%.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
March 2010 17 May 2010
April 2010 15 June 2010
May 2010 13 July 2010
June 2010 11 August 2010
July 2010 13 September 2010
August 2010 13 October 2010



REVISIONS

In this issue revisions have been made to the original series as a result of improved reporting of survey and administrative data. These revisions impact on:
  • Personal finance values from November 2009 to January 2010,
  • Number of commitments for personal finance from January 2007 to January 2010,
  • Commercial Finance from December 2009 to January 2010.

Seasonally adjusted and trend series have been revised as a result of revisions to the original series, the incorporation of estimates for the latest month and the revision of seasonal factors due to the concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Joe Whelan on Canberra (02) 6252 5747.