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Robust housing finance figures for September: ABS

The housing sector continued its growth during September with a four percent increase in housing finance for owner occupation registered across Australia during the month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. A total of 62,218 lending ...

Productivity Commission in housing affordability paper for first home buyers

The Productivity Commission has today announced that it had released an issues paper for its inquiry into housing affordability for first home buyers. "The Commission will be taking a close look at how housing markets operate and the reasons for the ...

Median forecast for housing finance by volume predicts flat outcome

The number of home loan approvals has remained steady at record levels in July while the median forecast for Australian housing finance by volume is for a flat outcome but predictions range from a 3.5 per cent rise to a 2% fall. Commonwealth Bank's ...

Housing finance for new dwellings increases 3.2% in May: ABS

Housing finance for owner occupation increased by 3.2 per cent, with 54,333 new dwellings being financed from April to May 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The number of constructions of dwellings dipped by 2.1% to 5,489 whilst ...

Refinancing of existing housing loans hits record high: ABS

The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures released today on housing finance showed a record 28.4 per cent of all Australian housing finance approvals in April were for the purpose of refinancing an existing loan. The average loan value ...

Housing finance rises 2.6% to 53,373 in March 2003: ABS

Housing finance for owner occupation across Australia showed a 2.6 per cent increase in the number of dwellings financed for March 2003 compared to the figure for February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. In March, a total of 53,373 ...

New dwellings financed increase by 0.1% in February: ABS

The number of new dwellings financed in Australia for February 2003 increased by 0.1% to 52,018 as compared to January 2003 according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data. There were also 5,202 new dwelling constructions, showing ...