Mortgage lending fell as COVID-19 ぼんやり現れるd
The value of new home 貸付金s fell by a worse-than-推定する／予想するd 1.7 per cent in February even before the most serious coronavirus lockdown 対策 were in place.
経済学者s had tipped the total value of 住宅 貸付金s to slow from 4.6 per cent growth in January as the COVID-19 突発／発生 現れるd into the 国家の consciousness.
But a $1.26 billion 拒絶する／低下する in the total value of 住宅 貸付金s to $19.46 billion was 井戸／弁護士席 at 半端物s with the 予報するd 1.5 per cent 増加する.
The value of owner-occupier, 投資家 and 直す／買収する，八百長をするd-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 personal lending went backwards during February as news gathered pace of the coronavirus spread across Asian and European nations.
国際決済銀行 Oxford 経済学者 Maree Kilroy said the February result was too 早期に to see the 衝撃 of the COVID-19 shock on the 住宅 部門 but it had begun to show through in 今後 主要な 指示する人（物）s of 住宅 需要・要求する such as auction 通関手続き／一掃 率s and 信用／信任 調査するs.
"Whilst construction is still みなすd an 必須の 部門, 許すing the 供給（する） of new dwellings to continue albeit with disruptions, 需要・要求する for new 住宅 will be 意味ありげに 女性 as the churn of dwellings 掴むs in June ４半期/4分の1 and 世帯s put on 持つ／拘留する 行う／開催する／段階 of life 決定／判定勝ち（する）s," Ms Kilroy said.
Owner-occupiers took out $14.15 billion in mortgages during February, 負かす／撃墜する 1.7 per cent on the previous month.
投資家s took out $5.31 billion in 貸付金s, 負かす／撃墜する 1.9 per cent.
The number of 貸付金s for the 購入（する） of new and 存在するing homes went backwards.
First home 買い手s borrowed $4.11 billion - an 増加する of 0.3 per cent on January - but 井戸／弁護士席 below the 4.6 per cent growth 率 experienced during the first month of the year.
The number of new 貸付金s for owner-occupiers rose by 0.4 per cent to 9,734, slowing from a 4.8 per cent rise in January.
The number 貸付金s for home building slowed from 4.2 per cent in January but still rose by 1.9 per cent for the month.
住宅 産業 Associ ation 経済学者 Angela Lillicrap said the building 人物／姿／数字s showed the strong market 条件s since 中央の-2019 would likely have continued were it not for the 経済的な disruption of the coronavirus.
"These results show that at least until the end of February, we were looking at solid home building activity across most 地域s in 2020," Ms Lillicrap said.
Lending for 商売／仕事s rose by 8.9 per cent for construction and 13.4 per cent for 所有物／資産／財産 購入（する）s.
