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2022-05-15 12:54:48
Opportunity Vs Risks: 4 REIT Sectors To Watch Out For In The Second Half Of 2022
Singapore’s inflation, which reached multi-year highs in 2021 at 2.3%, up from -0.2% in 2020, is expected to remain high in 2022 as well. The prolonged war between Ukraine and Russia has added to the woes with a surge in food and energy prices due to supply shortages.
Real estate is one asset class that performs well in a high inflation environment. While the purchase of physical properties requires large investment sums, REITS, on the other hand, offer a more palatable option to get exposure to the property market.
Given that most of the safe management measures were lifted from 26 April 2022, and coupled with MAS’s expectation of GDP growth to be between 3% and 5% this year, some sectors could perform better than others in the second half of 2022.
Here are four REIT sectors that we t