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Best Real Estate Development Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top real estate development stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best real estate development stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best real estate development stocks to buy right now are:

Amrep (NYSE:AXR) is the #1 top real estate development stock out of 12 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Amrep (NYSE:AXR) is: Value: C, Growth: F, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Amrep (NYSE:AXR) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 25 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 21.

AXR passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Amrep has seen its stock lose -5.73% over the past year, overperforming other real estate development stocks by 3 percentage points.

Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) is the #2 top real estate development stock out of 12 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) has a Due Diligence Score of 19, which is -2 points lower than the real estate development industry average of 21.

FOR passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Forestar Group has seen its stock lose -4.17% over the past year, overperforming other real estate development stocks by 4 percentage points.

Forestar Group has an average 1 year price target of $29.50, an upside of 2.72% from Forestar Group's current stock price of $28.72.

Forestar Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Forestar Group, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Five Point Holdings (NYSE:FPH) is the #3 top real estate development stock out of 12 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Five Point Holdings (NYSE:FPH) is: Value: C, Growth: F, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Five Point Holdings (NYSE:FPH) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 18 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 21.

FPH passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Five Point Holdings has seen its stock return 73.17% over the past year, overperforming other real estate development stocks by 82 percentage points.

66.67% of real estate development stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect real estate development stocks to fall by -1% over the next year.

0% of real estate development stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of real estate development stocks are rated B (Buy), 60% are rated C (Hold), 40% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued real estate development stocks right now are:

Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) is the most undervalued real estate development stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Forestar Group has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Forestar Group's stock has dropped -4.17% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate development industry by 4 percentage points.

Amrep (NYSE:AXR) is the second most undervalued real estate development stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Amrep has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Amrep's stock has dropped -5.73% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate development industry by 3 percentage points.

Five Point Holdings (NYSE:FPH) is the third most undervalued real estate development stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Five Point Holdings has a valuation score of 57, which is 31 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Five Point Holdings's stock has gained 73.17% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate development industry by 82 percentage points.

Real estate development stocks were up 1.1% in the last day, and up 2.6% over the last week. Smith Douglas Homes was the among the top gainers in the real estate - development industry, gaining 10% yesterday.

Shares of homebuilders are trading higher following weak August jobs data, which could fuel rate cut hopes.