ABA/Canstar has released its housing finance data for the five major banks (covering 85% of lenders) to April 2018, with trend annual rises registered in both the number and value of housing finance commitments (excluding refinancings), but sluggish growth overall:
As shown above, the annual number of finance commitments is still tracking 3.4% below the mid-2016 peak, whereas the value of commitments is tracking 2.9% lower.