ABA/Canstar has released its housing finance data for the five major banks (covering 85% of lenders) to March 2018, with trend annual rises registered in both the number and value of housing finance commitments (excluding refinancings):
As shown above, the annual number of finance commitments is tracking just 3.1% below the mid-2016 peak, whereas the value of commitments is tracking 3.0% below the mid-2016 peak.