Monthly Statistical Bulletin
5.3 Lending for housing
Month	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009-10
Value (a) – $ million
July	17 469	20 462	22 214	18 123	22 628
August	17 559	20 003	22 519	17 633	22 782
September	18 402	19 894	22 348	17 674
October	19 040	19 608	22 381	18 261
November	18 702	19 732	22 473	18 156
December	18 940	20 090	22 134	19 590
January	18 613	20 226	22 824	19 944
February	18 911	20 896	21 178	20 384
March	19 161	20 860	19 815	21 827
April	19 172	21 363	18 961	22 658
May	20 048	22 008	18 019	23 061
June	20 293	24 490	17 796	23 107
Annual	226 985	249 591	252 016	240 902
Annual change (a) – per cent
July	9.3	17.1	8.6	-18.4	24.9
August	9.1	13.9	12.6	-21.7	29.2
September	14.5	8.1	12.3	-20.9
October	19.7	3.0	14.1	-18.4
November	11.1	5.5	13.9	-19.2
December	11.8	6.1	10.2	-11.5
January	8.5	8.7	12.8	-12.6
February	6.2	10.5	1.3	-3.7
March	8.6	8.9	-5.0	10.2
April	9.3	11.4	-11.2	19.5
May	17.2	9.8	-18.1	28.0
June	17.0	20.7	-27.3	29.8
Annual	12.1	10.0	1.0	-4.4
(a) Monthly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Housing finance, Cat. no. 5609.0
								Update
								9 November 2009