5609.0 - Housing Finance, Australia, Jan 2013 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/03/2013   
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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

Trend estimates
Seasonally adjusted estimates
Jan 2013
Dec 2012 to Jan 2013
Jan 2013
Dec 2012 to Jan 2013

Value of dwelling commitments(a)(b)
$m
% change
$m
% change
Total dwellings
21 427
0.6
21 485
2.4
Owner occupied housing
13 779
0.0
13 764
1.3
Investment housing - fixed loans(c)
7 648
1.7
7 721
4.4
Number of dwelling commitments(a)(b)
no.
% change
no.
% change
Owner occupied housing
45 139
-0.7
44 383
-1.5
Construction of dwellings
4 871
-0.3
4 925
-0.2
Purchase of new dwellings
2 526
0.2
2 499
2.3
Purchase of established dwellings
37 742
-0.8
36 959
-1.9

(a) Includes refinancing (see Glossary).
(b) Excludes alterations and additions.
(c) Excludes revolving credit.

Value of dwelling commitments, Total dwellings
Graph: Value of dwelling commitments, Total dwellings

No. of dwelling commitments, Owner occupied housing
Graph: No. of dwelling commitments, Owner occupied housing




JANUARY KEY POINTS


VALUE OF DWELLING COMMITMENTS

January 2013 compared with December 2012:
  • The trend estimate for the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 0.6%. Investment housing commitments rose 1.7%, while owner occupied housing commitments was flat.
  • In seasonally adjusted terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 2.4%.


NUMBER OF DWELLING COMMITMENTS

January 2013 compared with December 2012:
  • In trend terms, the number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance fell 0.7%.
  • In trend terms, the number of commitments for the purchase of established dwellings fell 0.8% and the number of commitments for the construction of dwellings fell 0.3%, while the number of commitments for the purchase of new dwellings rose 0.2%.
  • In original terms, the number of first home buyer commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments remained at 14.9% in January 2013.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
February 2013 15 April 2013
March 2013 13 May 2013
April 2013 11 June 2013
May 2013 12 July 2013
June 2013 7 August 2013
July 2013 9 September 2013



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 have impacted on:
  • Owner occupied housing for the period October 2012 to December 2012
  • Investment housing for December 2012
  • Housing loan outstandings to households for the period December 2011 to December 2012.

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 Tavish Shrestha on Sydney (02) 9268 4615.