5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, Nov 2013  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 15/01/2014   
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This document was added or updated on 21/03/2014.

NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

Oct 2013
Nov 2013
Oct 2013 to Nov 2013
$m
$m
% change

TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
16 081
16 301
1.4
Personal finance
7 831
7 868
0.5
Commercial finance
35 687
36 079
1.1
Lease finance
376
369
-1.9
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
16 245
16 551
1.9
Personal finance
7 874
7 925
0.6
Commercial finance
34 392
37 252
8.3
Lease finance
387
394
1.9

(a) Excludes alterations and additions

Personal Finance
Graph: Personal Finance

Commercial Finance
Graph: Commercial Finance




NOVEMBER KEY POINTS


NOVEMBER 2013 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 2013:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 1.4% in trend terms and the seasonally adjusted series rose 1.9%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 0.5%. Fixed lending commitments rose 0.6% and revolving credit commitments rose 0.3%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 0.6%. Fixed lending commitments rose 1.2%, while revolving credit commitments fell 0.1%.


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 1.1%. Fixed lending commitments rose 1.7%, while revolving credit commitments fell 0.7%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 8.3% in November 2013, after a fall of 4.1% in October 2013. Revolving credit commitments rose 4.8%, after a fall of 11.5% in the previous month. Fixed lending commitments rose 9.4%, after a fall of 1.6% in the previous month.


LEASE FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments fell 1.9%, while the seasonally adjusted series rose 1.9%, following a rise of 1.7% in October 2013.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
December 2013 14 February 2014
January 2014 14 March 2014
February 2014 11 April 2014
March 2014 16 May 2014
April 2014 13 June 2014
May 2014 14 July 2014



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 impacted on:
  • Owner occupied housing values for the periods August 2013 to October 2013
  • Personal finance values for the periods August 2013 to October 2013
  • Commercial finance values for the periods August 2013 to October 2013.

Seasonally adjusted and trend series are revised as a result of revisions to the original series, the incorporation of estimates for the latest month and the revision of seasonal factors due to 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 Mohammad Mustafa on Sydney (02) 9268 4378.