5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, May 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 11/07/2007   
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MAY KEY FIGURES

Apr 2007
May 2007
Apr 2007 to May 2007
$m
$m
% change

TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation
14 959
15 150
1.3
Personal finance
6 638
6 659
0.3
Commercial finance
37 444
37 589
0.4
Lease finance
561
569
1.5
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation
15 187
15 211
0.2
Personal finance
6 555
6 700
2.2
Commercial finance
36 577
36 989
1.1
Lease finance
577
558
-3.2

Personal finance
Graph: Personal Finance

Commercial finance
Graph: Commercial Finance



MAY KEY POINTS


MAY 2007 COMPARED WITH APRIL 2007:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION

  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions increased by 0.2% (seasonally adjusted) and the trend series rose 1.3%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose by 2.2%. This increase was due to a rise in revolving credit commitments (up 5.6%), more than offsetting a fall in fixed lending commitments (down 1.4%).
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 0.3% due to a rise in both fixed lending commitments (up 0.5%) and revolving credit commitments (up 0.2%).


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose by 1.1%. This increase was due to a rise in both revolving credit commitments (up 2.4%) and fixed lending commitments (up 0.3%).
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 0.4%. This was due to a rise in revolving credit commitments (up 1.5%), which was partially offset by a decrease in fixed lending commitments (down 0.4%).


LEASE FINANCE
  • Lease finance commitments (seasonally adjusted) decreased by 3.2%. The lease finance commitments trend series rose by 1.5%.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
June 2007 10 August 2007
July 2007 11 September 2007
August 2007 15 October 2007
September 2007 12 November 2007
October 2007 12 December 2007
November 2007 21 January 2008



REVISIONS

Revisions were made to commercial revolving credit to include the latest available administrative and survey data. The revisions impact a number of months from September 2006 on.



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.