5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, Feb 2014  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 11/04/2014   
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FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES

Jan 2014
Feb 2014
Jan 2014 to Feb 2014
$m
$m
% change

TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
16 698
16 846
0.9
Personal finance
8 203
8 253
0.6
Commercial finance
39 675
40 327
1.6
Lease finance
411
422
2.7
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
16 587
16 907
1.9
Personal finance
8 150
8 395
3.0
Commercial finance
40 584
39 562
-2.5
Lease finance
418
422
0.9

(a) Excludes alterations and additions

Personal Finance
Graph: Lending finance adjusted time series all lenders, total personal finance commitments, total

Commercial Finance
Graph: Commercial Finance




FEBRUARY KEY POINTS


FEBRUARY 2014 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 2014:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 0.9% in trend terms, and the seasonally adjusted series rose 1.9%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 0.6%. Fixed lending commitments rose 0.6% and revolving credit commitments rose 0.6%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 3.0%. Revolving credit commitments rose 5.9% and fixed lending commitments rose 0.9%.


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 1.6%. Revolving credit commitments rose 1.7% and fixed lending commitments rose 1.6%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments fell 2.5% in February 2014, after a rise of 2.1% in January 2014. Revolving credit commitments fell 4.9%, after a rise of 1.7% in the previous month. Fixed lending commitments fell 1.8%, after a rise of 2.2% in the previous month.


LEASE FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments rose 2.7% and the seasonally adjusted series rose 0.9%, following a rise of 4.7% in January 2014.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
March 2014 16 May 2014
April 2014 13 June 2014
May 2014 14 July 2014
June 2014 11 August 2014
July 2014 12 September 2014
August 2014 13 October 2014



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:
  • Owner occupied housing values for the periods November 2013 to January 2014
  • Personal finance values for the periods December 2013 to January 2014
  • Commercial finance values for December 2013.

Seasonally adjusted and trend series are 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.


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