5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, Apr 2010  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 15/06/2010   
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APRIL KEY FIGURES

Mar 2010
Apr 2010
Mar 2010 to Apr 2010
$m
$m
% change

TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
13 803
13 476
-2.4
Personal finance
6 882
6 851
-0.4
Commercial finance
29 647
30 484
2.8
Lease finance
369
364
-1.2
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
13 629
13 707
0.6
Personal finance
6 854
6 814
-0.6
Commercial finance
29 953
31 635
5.6
Lease finance
383
353
-8.0

(a) Excludes alterations and additions

Personal finance
Graph: PERSONAL FINANCE

Commercial finance
Graph: COMMERCIAL FINANCE




APRIL KEY POINTS


APRIL 2010 COMPARED WITH MARCH 2010:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing finance commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased 2.4% in trend terms, while the seasonally adjusted series increased 0.6%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments decreased 0.4%. Revolving credit commitments fell 0.6% and fixed lending commitments fell 0.2%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments decreased 0.6%. Revolving credit commitments fell 1.7%, while fixed lending commitments rose 0.7%.


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments increased 2.8%. Revolving credit commitments rose 3.4% and fixed lending commitments rose 2.6%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments increased 5.6%. Fixed lending commitments rose 15.8%, while revolving credit commitments fell 17.1%.


LEASE FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments decreased 1.2% and the seasonally adjusted series fell 8.0%.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
May 2010 13 July 2010
June 2010 11 August 2010
July 2010 13 September 2010
August 2010 13 October 2010
September 2010 15 November 2010
October 2010 13 December 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 for January 2010;
  • Owner-occupied housing values for March 2010; and
  • Investment housing for the period October 2003 to March 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.