Explanatory Note on Provision of Owner-occupier and Investor Housing Credit Data 31 March 2008

Over recent years, the RBA has published graphs and tables of owner-occupier and investor housing credit in its Statement on Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Review. However, due to concerns about data quality, these data were not included in the monthly Financial Aggregates release or in the Bulletin Tables. Recent changes in data availability have improved the quality of these data back to mid 2006 and they will now be included in the monthly Financial Aggregates release and Bulletin Tables. The data remain less accurate for the earlier period, particularly prior to 2003, but for historical comparisons a full time-series of these credit data is provided.