APRA releases quarterly authorised deposit-taking institution (ADI) property exposures statistics for September 2014
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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today released Quarterly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Property Exposures for the September 2014 quarter.
Quarterly ADI Property Exposures contains information on ADIs’ commercial property exposures, residential property exposures and new housing loan approvals. Detailed statistics on residential property exposures and new housing loan approvals are included for ADIs with greater than $1 billion in housing loans.
ADIs’ commercial property exposures were $225.5 billion, an increase of $13.5 billion (6.4 per cent) over the year. Commercial property exposures within Australia were $187.4 billion, equivalent to 83.1 per cent of all commercial property exposures.
ADIs’ total domestic housing loans were $1.3 trillion, an increase of $103.4 billion (9.0 per cent) over the year. There were 5.2 million housing loans outstanding with an average balance of $239,000.
ADIs with greater than $1 billion of residential term loans approved $85.4 billion of new loans, an increase of $9.1 billion (11.9 per cent) over the year. Of these new loan approvals, $53.5 billion (62.6 per cent) were owner-occupied loans and $31.9 billion (37.4 per cent) were investment loans.
Refer to the September 2014 Quarterly ADI Property Exposures publication.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is the prudential regulator of the financial services industry. It oversees banks, mutuals, general insurance and reinsurance companies, life insurance, private health insurers, friendly societies, and most members of the superannuation industry. APRA currently supervises institutions holding around $9 trillion in assets for Australian depositors, policyholders and superannuation fund members.