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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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September 2009 - Posts

John's insights - SARB new mortgage...

  
 
Although the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) new mortgage loan numbers remain very weak compared to prior years, it is believed that the mildly diminished rates of year-on-year decline in value of new mortgage lending indicate a household sector that...

Posted: Sep 07 2009, 06:33 AM | Views: 252 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0

 

John's insight - Household credit...

  
 
The release of the September SARB Quarterly Bulletin makes the economic and household sector picture for the 2nd quarter of 2009 more complete. But this is not to say that the picture is a good one. Real disposable income showed even more extreme negative...

Posted: Sep 04 2009, 08:46 AM | Views: 192 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0

 

John's insights - Aug FNB House...

  
 
T he FNB House Price Index’s year-on-year decline continued in August, but for the 2 nd successive month we saw a diminishing price deflation rate, with the index starting to show clearer signs that the market is starting to stabilise. On a year...

Posted: Sep 01 2009, 07:31 AM | Views: 199 | Ratings: 1 | Comments: 0