5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, Nov 2009  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 13/01/2010   
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NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

Oct 2009
Nov 2009
Oct 2009 to Nov 2009
$m
$m
% change

TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
16 903
16 842
-0.4
Personal finance
7 049
7 057
0.1
Commercial finance
27 562
27 210
-1.3
Lease finance
383
380
-0.8
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
17 036
16 537
-2.9
Personal finance
6 959
7 035
1.1
Commercial finance
25 662
26 677
4.0
Lease finance
382
370
-3.0

(a) Excludes alterations and additions

Personal finance
Graph: PERSONAL FINANCE

Commercial finance
Graph: COMMERCIAL FINANCE




NOVEMBER KEY POINTS


NOVEMBER 2009 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 2009:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased 0.4% in trend terms and the seasonally adjusted series decreased 2.9%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments increased 0.1%. Revolving credit commitments rose 0.8%, while fixed lending commitments fell 0.5%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments increased 1.1%. Revolving credit commitments rose 2.5%, while fixed lending commitments fell 0.4%.


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments decreased 1.3%. Revolving credit commitments decreased 3.5% and fixed lending commitments decreased 0.4%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments increased 4.0%. Fixed lending commitments rose 8.5%, while revolving credit commitments fell 6.9%.


LEASE FINANCE
  • The total value of lease finance commitments decreased 0.8% in trend terms and the seasonally adjusted series decreased 3.0%.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
December 2009 15 February 2010
January 2010 15 March 2010
February 2010 13 April 2010
March 2010 17 May 2010
April 2010 15 June 2010
May 2010 13 July 2010



REVISIONS

Revisions in original terms were made to Commercial finance from August 2009 and Personal finance for October 2009. Seasonally adjusted and trend series have been revised as a result of revisions to the original series, the incorporation of estimates for the latest month and the revision of seasonal factors under the concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Philip Beresford on Canberra (02) 6252 6052.