The Australian skyline. Photo by Dan Freeman on Unsplash.

Rising interest rates will raise borrowing costs and dampen portfolio value of REITs in general, but Australia office REITs with premium assets are well placed for this development.

This was the assessment provided by S&P Global Ratings in a recent report on the sector, which focuses on seven office REITs under its watch.

“Heightened interest rates are an overall drag on the economy, and have led to rising financing costs and increasing capitalization rates for office REITs”, said S&P.


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By Shariffa Al-Habshee

Shariffa joined REITsWeek in 2017, and monitors Asia-Pacific REITs for the publication.