The number of third party loans across all large authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) is on the increase, according to the latest banking figures from the
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).
In the 12 months prior to 30 June 2017, $49.8bn worth of residential loans were brought in through the third party channel for ADIs with more than $1bn in residential loans. This was an increase of 5.1% from the $47.4bn brought into these larger lenders the year before.
These figures come from APRA’s report,
Quarterly Authorised Deposit-taking Property Exposures, released yesterday (29 August) which also showed that brokers brought in $37.0bn worth of loans through the major banks (an increase of 2.9%) and $9.6bn through the non-major domestic banks (an increase of 18.1%).
Regarding the total national banking portfolio, the value of residential loans held by all 142 ADIs increased by $105.2bn (or 7.3%) to $1.54trn in the year recorded.
This included $1,006bn of owner occupier lending and $536bn of investment lending which experienced an annual increase of 8.1% and 5.8% respectively. Only 38.2% of these loans were interest-only.
The 32 ADIs with greater than $1bn in residential loans held 98.7% of all residential mortgages, equalling 5.8 million loans with a total value of $1.52trn.
These larger lenders approved just over 5,800 loans throughout the year, putting the average loan size at around $262,000. This was slightly higher than the $252,000 recorded at the end of June last year.
In the 2016/17 financial year, the 32 ADIs with greater than $1bn in residential lending approved $384bn in new loans – an increase of $12bn (or 3.2%) from the year before. Of these:
- $249.9bn were owner occupied (a decrease of 0.5%)
- $134.1bn were investment (an increase of 10.9%)
- $54.7bn had LVRs between 80% and 90% (an increase of 5.1%)
- $29.7bn had LVRs greater than 90% (a decrease of 10.4%)
- $135.5bn were interest-only (a decrease of 2.5%)
Looking at the different types of ADIs, APRA’s June figures gave a good breakdown of the proportion of the loan book for major banks and local domestic banks as follows:
| |
Major banks |
Other domestic banks |
| Loan book |
Annual % change |
Loan book |
Annual % change |
| OO |
$792bn |
+7.8% |
$141.2bn |
+10.9% |
| Investor |
$450bn |
+6.4% |
$60.8bn |
+4.2% |
| I/O |
$502bn |
+4.4% |
$58.0bn |
+4.3% |
For new loan approvals over the year, trends in the major and non-major domestic banks are below:
| |
Major banks |
Other domestic banks |
| Approvals |
Annual % change |
Approvals |
Annual % change |
| OO |
$47.5bn |
-1.5% |
$12.7bn |
+11.6% |
| Investor |
$28.3bn |
+0.5% |
$4.6bn |
+2.6% |
| I/O |
$23.9bn |
-19.1% |
$4.7bn |
-8.5% |
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