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JANUARY KEY FIGURES

	Trend estimates		Seasonally adjusted estimates
	Jan 2012	Dec 2011 to Jan 2012	Jan 2012	Dec 2011 to Jan 2012
Value of dwelling commitments(a)(b)	$m	% change	$m	% change
Total dwellings	20 808	0.6	20 732	-2.3
Owner occupied housing	14 075	0.8	14 153	0.1
Investment housing - fixed loans(c)	6 733	0.2	6 579	-7.1
Number of dwelling commitments(a)(b)	no.	% change	no.	% change
Owner occupied housing	48 088	0.8	47 768	-1.2
Construction of dwellings	4 943	0.4	4 990	0.2
Purchase of new dwellings	2 009	0.0	1 953	-6.0
Purchase of established dwellings	41 136	0.9	40 825	-1.2
(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 0.6%. Owner occupied housing commitments rose 0.8% and investment housing commitments rose 0.2%.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, the total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions fell 2.3%.

• In trend terms, the number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance rose 0.8%.
• In trend terms, the number of commitments for the purchase of established dwellings rose 0.9% and the number of commitments for the construction of dwellings rose 0.4%, while the number of commitments for the purchase of new dwellings was flat 0.0%.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, the number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance fell 1.2%.
• In original terms, the number of first home buyer commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments fell to 20.3% in January 2012 from 20.9% in December 2011.

• Owner occupied housing for the periods October 2011 to December 2011
• Housing loan outstandings to households for owner occupation series for the periods December 2005 to June 2006, March 2007 to June 2007 and September 2010 to September 2011.