5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, June 2017 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 11/08/2017   
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JUNE KEY FIGURES

May 2017
Jun 2017
May 2017 to Jun 2017
$m
$m
% change
TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
20 472
20 582
0.5
Personal finance
5 909
5 803
-1.8
Commercial finance
43 200
43 985
1.8
Lease finance
614
595
-3.2
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
20 673
20 738
0.3
Personal finance
5 857
5 947
1.5
Commercial finance
40 387
45 906
13.7
Lease finance
607
620
2.2
(a) Excludes alterations and additions

Personal Finance
Graph: Graph shows personal finance seasonally adjusted and trend data

Commercial Finance
Graph: Commercial Finance




JUNE KEY POINTS


JUNE 2017 COMPARED WITH MAY 2017:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 0.5% in trend terms, and the seasonally adjusted series rose 0.3%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments fell 1.8%. Fixed lending commitments fell 2.6% and revolving credit commitments fell 0.5%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 1.5%. Revolving credit commitments rose 7.6%, while fixed lending commitments fell 2.1%.


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 1.8%. Fixed lending commitments rose 1.8% and revolving credit commitments rose 1.8%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 13.7%. Revolving credit commitments rose 25.9% and fixed lending commitments rose 10.8%.


LEASE FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments fell 3.2% in June 2017 while the seasonally adjusted series rose 2.2%, after being flat in May 2017.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
July 2017 11 September 2017
August 2017 16 October 2017
September 2017 13 November 2017
October 2017 12 December 2017
November 2017 19 January 2018
December 2017 13 February 2018



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 between March 2017 to May 2017.
  • Personal Finance for the periods between March 2017 to May 2017.
  • Investment housing finance for the month of April 2017.
  • Lease Finance for the month of May 2017.


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