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John Loos, Property Strategist at FNB Home Loans, received his Masters in Economics at the University of Stellenbosch before becoming an economist in the National Treasury. Thereafter, he became the SA Macroeconomist for Globalinsight, a major US based economic consultancy. He entered banking with BOE Group, shortly before moving to Absa Group in 2000 as senior macroeconomist ion 2000. In 2004, he was named Reuters Economist of the Year and in 2006, he joined FNB to pursue a slightly different focus as the bank’s Property Economist.


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3rd Quarter Property Outlook

  
 
Please see attached for the results of our latest estate agent survey, and residential property outlook FNB Property Barometer_Quarterly Estate Agent Survey and Outlook_July 2010.pdf

Posted: Aug 07 2010, 07:44 AM | Views: 41 | Ratings: 0 | Comments: 0

 

FNB Property Barometer - Segment...

  
 
Please see attached for the July FNB House Price Index. T he year-on-year inflation rate for July declined to 10.6% from a revised June figure of 12.4%. We believe that the June inflation rate was probably the peak of growth in the “mini-cycle,...

Posted: Aug 05 2010, 07:38 AM | Views: 34 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0

 

June mortgage and household credit...

  
 
Please see attached for the latest mortgage and household credit growth numbers. Outstanding mortgage advances growth has been very stable in recent months, due mostly to significant growth in new loans granted on the residential side, which has in turn...

Posted: Jul 29 2010, 07:04 PM | Views: 54 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0

 

FNB House Price Index - April 2010

  
 
Please see attached: T he April FNB House Price reached 10.1% year-on-year inflation, the first double-digit inflation in exactly 2 years. We still believe that the growth will peak around mid-year/3 rd quarter of 2010. April 2010 House Price Index.pdf

Posted: May 07 2010, 06:21 AM | Views: 509 | Ratings: 2 | Comments: 0

 

1st Quarter FNB Residential Property...

  
 
Please see attached pdf file for the findings from the 1 st quarter FNB Property Barometer survey of estate agents. SUMMARY The FNB Residential Property Barometer survey of estate agents for the 1 st quarter of 2010 saw respondents estimating a more significant...

Posted: Apr 28 2010, 06:17 AM | Views: 66 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0

 

Emerging Middle Class Home Buying...

  
 
Please see attached for a note on suburban residential buying by the so-called Black population group relative to that of the white group. In the 1 st quarter Barometer survey (whose main findings will be in next week's communication), we saw the...

Posted: Apr 21 2010, 06:05 AM | Views: 75 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0

 

A view of the Buy-to-let component...

  
 
This part of the survey continues to support our expectations that the current property recovery under way is being driven overwhelmingly by primary residential demand, with “luxury” buying such as buy-to-let and holiday property buying lagging...

Posted: Apr 10 2010, 10:42 AM | Views: 112 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0

 

FNB House Price Index - March 2010

  
 
P The March FNB House Price inflation rate accelerates to 8.6% year-on-year, now inflating in real (CPI-adjusted) terms on a year-on-year basis for the 1 st time since early-2008. Affordability improvements coming to an end FNB Valuers still point to...

Posted: Apr 09 2010, 08:38 AM | Views: 89 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0

 

Cape Metro Property Barometer

  
 
Please see attached for the Cape Metro Property Barometer and sub-region trends. Areas around the mountain continue to hold their value better than the oversupplied regions to the north of the metro. Cape Metro Property Market_4th quarter 2009.pdf

Posted: Mar 26 2010, 09:08 AM | Views: 108 | Ratings: 2 | Comments: 0

 

House Price Index - February 2010

  
 
The existing home market is a happier place these days, arguably past its worst state of health, as demand grows off the dismal lows of early-2009 and the acceleration in house price inflation continues. The FNB House Price Index showed a further increase...

Posted: Mar 08 2010, 10:39 AM | Views: 116 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0

 
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