5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, Nov 2015 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 19/01/2016   
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NOVEMBER KEY FIGURES

Oct 2015
Nov 2015
Oct 2015 to Nov 2015
$m
$m
% change
TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
21 258
21 625
1.7
Personal finance
6 919
6 814
-1.5
Commercial finance
44 920
45 316
0.9
Lease finance
601
604
0.5
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
21 239
21 753
2.4
Personal finance
6 788
6 848
0.9
Commercial finance
45 385
45 886
1.1
Lease finance
610
586
-3.9
(a) Excludes alterations and additions

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

Commercial Finance
Graph: Commercial Finance




NOVEMBER KEY POINTS


NOVEMBER 2015 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 2015:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 1.7% in trend terms, and the seasonally adjusted series rose 2.4%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments fell 1.5%. Fixed lending commitments fell 2.2% and revolving credit commitments fell 0.5%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 0.9%. Fixed lending commitments rose 2.4%, while revolving credit commitments fell 1.2%.


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 0.9%. Revolving credit commitments rose 1.8% and fixed lending commitments rose 0.6%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 1.1%. Revolving credit commitments rose 20.7%, while fixed lending commitments fell 4.5%.


LEASE FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments rose 0.5% in November 2015 and the seasonally adjusted series fell 3.9%, after a rise of 2.3% in October 2015.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
December 2015 16 February 2016
January 2016 11 March 2016
February 2016 13 April 2016
March 2016 13 May 2016
April 2016 10 June 2016
May 2016 13 July 2016



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:
  • Commercial Finance values for January 2014, and for the periods December 2014 to October 2015.
  • Personal Finance values for the period August 2015 to October 2015.
  • Lease Finance values for the period October 2015.
  • Owner occupied housing for the period January 2014 to October 2015.
  • Investment housing for the period August 2015 to October 2015.


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