After hitting double-digits in the first part of 2022, the pace of annual rent growth slowed to 6 percent in December.

Higher interest rates and a potential recession may already be priced into REIT stocks and strong balance sheets have them positioned to weather any coming storms.

Many lenders have stopped financing office assets, and those that do are offering less favorable terms and scrutinize deals closely.

The world’s largest asset manager told clients in the BlackRock UK Property Fund in the past few days that it will defer redemption requests made at the end of September 2022.

BREIT, which was designed for wealthy individual investors, has struggled in recent months and been forced to limit withdrawals.