Today’s new mortgage data for February from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recorded a fall prior to the coronavirus shutdown:
Total new mortgage commitments (excluding refinancings) fell by 1.7% in February, with owner-occupied mortgages falling 1.7% and investor mortgages falling 1.9%.
Year-on-year, total new mortgage commitments (excluding refinancings) rose by 13.1%, with owner-occupier mortgages rising by 15.8% and investor mortgages rising 6.3%:
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