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APRIL KEY FIGURES

	Trend estimates		Seasonally adjusted estimates
	Apr 2007	Mar 2007 to Apr 2007	Apr 2007	Mar 2007 to Apr 2007
Value of dwelling commitments(a)	$m	% change	$m	% change
Total dwellings	21 392	1.3	21 545	2.7
Owner occupied housing	14 911	1.2	15 209	3.5
Investment housing - fixed loans(b)	6 481	1.5	6 336	0.7
Number of dwelling commitments(a)	no.	% change	no.	% change
Owner occupied housing	65 023	0.7	66 016	2.2
Construction of dwellings	4 544	-0.2	4 513	-1.4
Purchase of new dwellings	2 923	1.6	2 911	-2.1
Purchase of established dwellings	57 556	0.8	58 592	2.7
(a) Includes refinancing.
(b) Excludes revolving credit.

Value of dwelling commitments, Total dwellings

Number of dwelling commitments, Owner occupied housing

APRIL KEY POINTS


TREND ESTIMATES

April 2007 COMPARED WITH March 2007:

• Total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions increased by 1.3%. The value of owner occupied housing commitments increased by 1.2%, and the value of investment housing commitments increased by 1.5%.
• The number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance increased by 0.7%, and the number excluding refinancing increased by 1.2%.

• Total value of dwelling finance commitments excluding alterations and additions increased 2.7%. Owner occupied housing commitments increased 3.5%, and investment housing commitments increased 0.7%. The number of commitments for owner occupied housing finance increased by 2.2%, and the number excluding refinancing increased by 2.1%.

• The number of first home buyer commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments increased from 16.6% in March 2007 to 17.2% in April 2007. The number of fixed rate loan commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments increased from 18.2% in March 2007 to 20.0% in April 2007.

• increased the number of total housing finance commitments by 1,293 to 68,658;
• increased the value of total housing finance commitments by $196m to $15,633m.

INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Michael Abbondante on Canberra (02) 6252 6707.