Pullback in Property Sales Shows Major Institutional Investors Exercising Caution

Amid economic turbulence, rising interest rates and market uncertainty, institutional investors have adopted a more cautious stance in terms of deploying capital into real estate, pulling back significantly from the fray. In contrast, private buyers have remained more active, seeing real estate as a potential hedge against inflation and an alternative to the beleaguered fixed-income and equity markets that are coming off their 2021 highs.