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MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Feb 2013	Mar 2013	Feb 2013 to Mar 2013
		$m	$m	% change
TREND ESTIMATES
	Housing finance for owner occupation(a)	14 175	14 336	1.1
	Personal finance	7 829	7 922	1.2
	Commercial finance	29 740	29 408	-1.1
	Lease finance	506	503	-0.6
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
	Housing finance for owner occupation(a)	14 062	14 882	5.8
	Personal finance	7 947	7 995	0.6
	Commercial finance	29 222	29 647	1.5
	Lease finance	529	508	-4.1
(a) Excludes alterations and additions

Personal Finance

Commercial Finance

• The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 1.1% in trend terms and the seasonally adjusted series rose 5.8%.

• The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 1.2%. Fixed lending commitments rose 1.9% and revolving credit commitments rose 0.2%.
• The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 0.6%. Fixed lending commitments rose 10.1%, while revolving credit commitments fell 11.8%.

• The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments fell 1.1%. Revolving credit commitments fell 4.2%, while fixed lending commitments was flat.
• The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments rose 1.5% in March 2013, following a rise of 0.9% in February 2013. Revolving credit commitments rose 4.7%, after a fall of 6.3% in the previous month. Fixed lending commitments rose 0.4%, following a rise of 3.4% in the previous month.

• The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments fell 0.6% and the seasonally adjusted series fell 4.1%, after a rise of 1.6% in February 2013.