5601.0 - Lending to households and businesses, Australia, Feb 2019 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 09/04/2019   
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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS


SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

VALUE OF COMMITMENTS TO HOUSEHOLDS AND BUSINESSES

Seasonally Adjusted
Value
Month Percent Change
Year Percent Change
$m
%
%

Total lending
62 720
-4.6
-11.9
Lending to households(a)
32 129
2.6
-15.7
Owner occupier dwellings excluding refinancing
12 908
3.4
-13.9
Investment dwellings excluding refinancing
4 735
0.9
-29.1
Personal finance excluding refinancing
5 189
0.4
-15.2
Refinancing(b)
9 001
2.6
-9.9
Alterations and additions
290
17.7
-13.6
Lending to businesses
30 591
-11.1
-7.6
Commercial finance
30 015
-11.4
-7.9
Lease finance
575
9.2
8.9

(a) Components may not sum to total due to independent seasonal adjustment
(b) Includes refinancing for owner occupier dwellings, investment dwellings and personal finance

NUMBER OF COMMITMENTS FOR OWNER OCCUPIED DWELLINGS

Seasonally Adjusted
Number
Month Percent Change
Year Percent Change
no.
%
%

Total owner occupied dwellings excluding refinancing
32 234
0.8
-12.5
Construction of dwellings
5 622
2.5
-5.2
Purchase of newly constructed dwellings
2 127
-2.4
-31.2
Purchase of established dwellings
24 485
0.7
-12.0
Owner occupier first home buyers
8 730
1.8
-11.3
Total owner occupied dwellings including refinancing
48 532
2.0
-10.7
Refinancing
16 298
4.4
-6.9

Lending to Households, Value of commitments - Trend
Graph: Lending to Households, Value of commitments - Trend


Owner Occupier First Home Buyers, Number of commitments
Graph: Owner Occupier First Home Buyers, Number of commitments