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Supporting information:

C16 Housing Loan Approvals (experimental)


                             
Number of Approvals   Value of Approvals
  (No.)   (Y/Y%) 1 (Y/Y%) 2   ($m)   (Y/Y%) 1 (Y/Y%) 2
Previous weeks:                          
14 May 2010 5,990   -27.5   -8.1     771   -23.7   0.3  
13 May 2011 5,431   -4.7   -17.0     815   6.4   -13.5  
Week ending:                          
10 Feb 2012 5,050   10.3   4.0     781   30.2   21.1  
17 Feb 2012 6,390   11.1   4.5     1,059   31.2   22.0  
24 Feb 2012 6,409   12.9   5.5     1,068   34.1   23.6  
02 Mar 2012 6,669   14.5   6.3     1,124   36.7   25.0  
09 Mar 2012 6,750   16.8   7.2     1,087   39.2   26.2  
16 Mar 2012 7,034   17.9   7.8     1,165   40.1   26.9  
23 Mar 2012 6,943   18.2   8.4     1,168   40.0   27.7  
30 Mar 2012 7,245   18.0   8.3     1,302   40.2   28.0  
06 Apr 2012 5,943   17.6   8.0     1,004   39.4   27.6  
13 Apr 2012 5,210   16.3   7.9     868   37.0   27.2  
20 Apr 2012 6,799   18.7   9.1     1,183   39.7   28.8  
27 Apr 2012 5,818   19.9   10.1     1,000   40.6   30.0  
04 May 2012 6,699   20.8   10.7     1,139   41.2   30.6  
11 May 2012 6,736   23.1   11.4     1,140   43.4   31.4  
                             
1 Estimated annual percentage change, based on comparison of the most recent 13 weeks of data to the same 13 weeks in the previous year.
2 Estimated annual percentage change, based on comparison of the most recent 52 weeks of data to the immediately preceding 52 weeks.
                             
Last updated 16 May 2012
Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand