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.