New Finance Data Hints a Rebound in Investment Lending

Earlier last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its monthly housing finance data for January 2018 while the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released their quarterly ADI property exposures data for December 2017.  Each of these releases provide really valuable insight into the state of the mortgage lending environment.

 
Firstly looking at the more up-to-date housing finance data, there was $33.1 billion worth of housing finance…