5609.0 - Housing Finance, Australia, May 2012 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 11/07/2012   
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MAY KEY FIGURES

Trend estimates
Seasonally adjusted estimates
May 2012
Apr 2012 to May 2012
May 2012
Apr 2012 to May 2012

Value of dwelling commitments(a)(b)
$m
% change
$m
% change
Total dwellings
20 245
-0.5
20 193
-1.4
Owner occupied housing
13 529
-0.3
13 637
0.2
Investment housing - fixed loans(c)
6 716
-0.7
6 557
-4.6
Number of dwelling commitments(a)(b)
no.
% change
no.
% change
Owner occupied housing
46 207
-0.5
46 120
-1.2
Construction of dwellings
5 172
0.3
5 122
-0.3
Purchase of new dwellings
1 986
0.8
1 980
-7.3
Purchase of established dwellings
39 049
-0.6
39 018
-1.0

(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




MAY KEY POINTS


VALUE OF DWELLING COMMITMENTS

May 2012 compared with April 2012:
  • The trend estimate for the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions fell 0.5%. Investment housing commitments fell 0.7% and owner occupied housing commitments fell 0.3%.
  • In seasonally adjusted terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions fell 1.4%.


NUMBER OF DWELLING COMMITMENTS

May 2012 compared with April 2012:
  • In trend terms, the number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance fell 0.5%.
  • In trend terms, the number of commitments for the purchase of established dwellings fell 0.6%, while the number of commitments for the purchase of new dwellings rose 0.8% and the number of commitments for the construction of dwellings rose 0.3%.
  • In original terms, the number of first home buyer commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments rose to 17.8% in May 2012 from 16.8% in April 2012.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
June 2012 8 August 2012
July 2012 10 September 2012
August 2012 15 October 2012
September 2012 12 November 2012
October 2012 10 December 2012
November 2012 14 January 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:
  • Investment housing for February 2012
  • Housing loan outstandings to households for the period June 2011 to April 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 Andriy Opryshko on Canberra (02) 6252 5223.