5609.0 - Housing Finance, Australia, Mar 2008  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/05/2008   
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MARCH KEY FIGURES

Trend estimates
Seasonally adjusted estimates
Mar 2008
Feb 2008 to Mar 2008
Mar 2008
Feb 2008 to Mar 2008

Value of dwelling commitments(a)
$m
% change
$m
% change
Total dwellings
21 274
-1.5
20 202
-5.3
Owner occupied housing
14 879
-1.2
14 224
-4.4
Investment housing - fixed loans(b)
6 395
-2.2
5 978
-7.2
Number of dwelling commitments(a)
no.
% change
no.
% change
Owner occupied housing
62 920
-1.3
59 371
-6.1
Construction of dwellings
4 705
-0.5
4 594
-4.6
Purchase of new dwellings
2 063
-4.2
1 981
-11.5
Purchase of established dwellings
56 152
-1.3
52 796
-6.0

(a) Includes refinancing.
(b) Excludes revolving credit.

Value of dwelling commitments, Total dwellings
Graph: Value of dwelling commitments, Total dwellings

Number of dwelling commitments, Owner occupied housing
Graph: Number of dwelling commitments, Owner occupied housing




MARCH KEY POINTS


VALUE OF DWELLING COMMITMENTS

March 2008 COMPARED WITH February 2008:
  • In trend terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased by 1.5%. Investment housing commitments decreased 2.2% and owner occupied housing commitments decreased by 1.2%.
  • In seasonally adjusted terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased 5.3%. Investment housing commitments decreased 7.2% and owner occupied housing commitments decreased 4.4%.


NUMBER OF DWELLING COMMITMENTS

March 2008 COMPARED WITH February 2008:
  • In trend terms, the number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance decreased by 1.3% and the number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance excluding refinancing fell by 2.1%.
  • In trend terms, the number of commitments for refinancing of established dwellings rose 0.3%, while the seasonally adjusted series decreased 6.0%.
  • In original terms, the number of first home buyer commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments decreased from 17.2% in February 2008 to 16.4% in March 2008.
  • In original terms, the number of fixed rate loan commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments increased from 23.6% in February 2008 to 23.9% in March 2008.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
April 2008 10 June 2008
May 2008 9 July 2008
June 2008 6 August 2008
July 2008 9 September 2008
August 2008 8 October 2008
September 2008 10 November 2008



REVISIONS

Revisions were made to include the latest available administrative and survey data.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Susan Schemen on Canberra (02) 6252 5171.