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JUNE KEY FIGURES

	Trend estimates		Seasonally adjusted estimates
	Jun 2008	May 2008 to Jun 2008	Jun 2008	May 2008 to Jun 2008
Value of dwelling commitments(a)	$m	% change	$m	% change
Total dwellings	18 010	-3.4	18 047	-0.9
Owner occupied housing	12 470	-3.6	12 467	-1.1
Investment housing - fixed loans(b)	5 540	-3.0	5 580	-0.3
Number of dwelling commitments(a)	no.	% change	no.	% change
Owner occupied housing	51 218	-4.5	50 294	-3.7
Construction of dwellings	4 334	-1.9	4 245	-2.7
Purchase of new dwellings	1 724	-4.3	1 776	6.9
Purchase of established dwellings	45 160	-4.7	44 273	-4.2
(a) Includes refinancing.
(b) Excludes revolving credit.

Value of dwelling commitments, Total dwellings

No. of dwelling commitments, Owner occupied housing

• In trend terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased 3.4%. Owner occupied housing commitments decreased 3.6% and investment housing commitments decreased by 3.0%.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased 0.9%. Owner occupied housing commitments decreased 1.1% and investment housing commitments decreased 0.3%.

• In trend terms, the number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance decreased 4.5%. The number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance excluding refinancing fell 4.8%.
• In trend terms, the total number of commitments for the purchase of established dwellings fell 4.7% and the seasonally adjusted series decreased 4.2%.
• In original terms, the number of first home buyer commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments increased from 17.3% in May 2008 to 17.6% in June 2008.
• In original terms, the number of fixed rate loan commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments decreased from 13.0% in May 2008 to 11.7% in June 2008.