House purchases up 0.8 percentFrom: AAP June 09, 2006 TOTAL personal finance commitments rose 1.0 per cent in April, seasonally adjusted, to $6.865 billion compared with an unrevised $6.799 billion in March, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today.
Total commercial finance, seasonally adjusted, fell 21.1 per cent in April to $27.411 billion from an downwardly revised $34.722 billion in March.The purchase of dwellings by individuals for rent and resale rose by 0.8 per cent, adjusted.
Lease finance fell 3.5 per cent in April, to $537 million compared with a downwardly revised $557 million in March.
Source: AAP
