DECEMBER KEY FIGURES
 | | Nov 2017 | Dec 2017 | Nov 2017 to Dec 2017 |
| | $m | $m | % change |
|
| TREND ESTIMATES | | | |
| Housing finance for owner occupation(a) | 21 045 | 21 073 | 0.1 |
| Personal finance | 6 269 | 6 260 | -0.2 |
| Commercial finance | 42 353 | 42 438 | 0.2 |
| Lease finance | 570 | 569 | -0.1 |
| SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES | | | |
| Housing finance for owner occupation(a) | 21 285 | 21 067 | -1.0 |
| Personal finance | 6 353 | 6 039 | -4.9 |
| Commercial finance | 45 552 | 42 765 | -6.1 |
| Lease finance | 546 | 591 | 8.3 |
|
| (a) Excludes alterations and additions |
Personal Finance
| Commercial Finance
|
DECEMBER KEY POINTS
DECEMBER 2017 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 2017:
HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
- The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 0.1% in trend terms, and the seasonally adjusted series fell 1.0%.
PERSONAL FINANCE
- The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments fell 0.2%. Revolving credit commitments fell 1.4%, while fixed lending commitments rose 0.5%.
- The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments fell 4.9%. Revolving credit commitments fell 6.8% and fixed lending commitments fell 3.9%.
COMMERCIAL FINANCE
- The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 0.2%. Fixed lending commitments rose 0.3%, while revolving credit commitments fell 0.3%.
- The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments fell 6.1%. Fixed lending commitments fell 11.0%, while revolving credit commitments rose 14.3%.
LEASE FINANCE
- The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments fell 0.1% in December 2017 and the seasonally adjusted series rose 8.3%, after a fall of 7.6% in November 2017.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
| ISSUE | Release Date |
| January 2018 | 14 March 2018 |
| February 2018 | 16 April 2018 |
| March 2018 | 15 May 2018 |
| April 2018 | 12 June 2018 |
| May 2018 | 13 July 2018 |
| June 2018 | 10 August 2018 |
FORTHCOMING CHANGES
A new publication will soon be released which will see Housing Finance, Australia (5609.0) and Lending Finance, Australia (5671.0) combined into a single, simpler publication called Lending to Households and Businesses, Australia (5601.0).
To enable users to prepare for the new publication, tables of data in the new publication format will be released no less than one month prior to the first release of Lending to Households and Businesses, Australia (5601.0).
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 series:
- Commercial Finance for the periods September 2017 and October 2017.
- Personal Finance for the period November 2017.
- Investment housing finance for the period October 2017.
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