5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, Sep 2015 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/11/2015   
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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

Aug 2015
Sep 2015
Aug 2015 to Sep 2015
$m
$m
% change
TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
20 164
20 575
2.0
Personal finance
7 292
7 209
-1.1
Commercial finance
44 438
44 279
-0.4
Lease finance
586
597
2.0
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
20 440
21 046
3.0
Personal finance
7 169
7 112
-0.8
Commercial finance
42 131
46 135
9.5
Lease finance
604
601
-0.5
(a) Excludes alterations and additions

Personal Finance
Graph: Graph shows personal finance seasonally adjusted and trend data

Commercial Finance
Graph: Commercial Finance




SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS


SEPTEMBER 2015 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 2015:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 2.0% in trend terms, and the seasonally adjusted series rose 3.0%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments fell 1.1%. Fixed lending commitments fell 1.9%, while revolving credit commitments were flat.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments fell 0.8%. Fixed lending commitments fell 3.2%, while revolving credit commitments rose 3.0%.


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments fell 0.4%. Revolving credit commitments fell 3.9%, while fixed lending commitments rose 0.7%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 9.5%. Fixed lending commitments rose 9.8% and revolving credit commitments rose 8.4%.


LEASE FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments rose 2.0% in September 2015 and the seasonally adjusted series fell 0.5%, following a fall of 32.8% in August 2015.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
October 2015 11 December 2015
November 2015 19 January 2016
December 2015 16 February 2016
January 2016 11 March 2016
February 2016 13 April 2016
March 2016 13 May 2016



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 affected the following:
  • Owner occupied housing for August 2015.
  • Commercial Finance values for periods July 2013 to August 2015.
  • Personal Finance values for the periods July 2014 to August 2015.
  • Investment housing for periods May 2015 to August 2015.


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