Today’s housing finance data for January, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), posted a significant fall in lending to owner-occupiers, but a rebound in investor lending, with a weakening trend overall.
According to the ABS, the total number of owner-occupier finance commitments (excluding refinancings) fell by 1.8% in January in seasonally adjusted terms but was up 0.2% over the year:
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