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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

	Trend estimates		Seasonally adjusted estimates
	Jan 2017	Dec 2016 to Jan 2017	Jan 2017	Dec 2016 to Jan 2017
Value of dwelling commitments(a)(b)
	$m	% change	$m	% change
Total dwellings	33 730	1.1	33 911	1.5
Owner occupied housing	20 124	0.5	20 128	-0.2
Investment housing - fixed loans(c)	13 606	1.9	13 784	4.2
Number of dwelling commitments(a)(b)
	no.	% change	no.	% change
Owner occupied housing	54 953	0.6	55 153	0.5
Construction of dwellings	5 589	0.1	5 522	-1.4
Purchase of new dwellings	2 851	1.7	2 855	-0.3
Purchase of established dwellings	46 514	0.5	46 775	0.8
(a) Includes refinancing (see Glossary).
(b) Excludes alterations and additions.
(c) Excludes revolving credit.

Value of dwelling commitments, Total dwellings

No. of dwelling commitments, Owner occupied housing

• The trend estimate for the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 1.1%. Investment housing commitments rose 1.9% and owner occupied housing commitments rose 0.5%.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 1.5%.

• In trend terms, the number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance rose 0.6% in January 2017.
• In trend terms, the number of commitments for the purchase of new dwellings rose 1.7%, the number of commitments for the purchase of established dwellings rose 0.5% and the number of commitments for the construction of dwellings rose 0.1%.
• In original terms, the number of first home buyer commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments fell to 13.4% in January 2017 from 13.8% in December 2016.

• Owner occupied and investment housing from October 2016 to December 2016.
• Housing loan outstandings to households for owner occupation and investment housing by lender for November and December 2016.