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Best Residential REIT Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top residential reit stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best residential reit 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 residential reit stocks to buy right now are:

Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) is the #1 top residential reit stock out of 21 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) has a Due Diligence Score of 24, which is -3 points lower than the residential reit industry average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates VRE as a "B".

VRE passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Veris Residential has seen its stock lose -12.81% over the past year, overperforming other residential reit stocks by 2 percentage points.

Veris Residential has an average 1 year price target of $18.67, an upside of 29.99% from Veris Residential's current stock price of $14.36.

Veris Residential stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Veris Residential, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) is the #2 top residential reit stock out of 21 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 Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -7 points lower than the residential reit industry average of 27.

CPT passed 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Camden Property Trust has seen its stock lose -14.09% over the past year, overperforming other residential reit stocks by 1 percentage points.

Camden Property Trust has an average 1 year price target of $120.45, an upside of 21.08% from Camden Property Trust's current stock price of $99.48.

Camden Property Trust stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 15 analysts covering Camden Property Trust, 26.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 6.67% have issued a Buy, 53.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 13.33% have issued a Strong Sell.

Millrose Properties (NYSE:MRP) is the #3 top residential reit stock out of 21 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 Millrose Properties (NYSE:MRP) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Millrose Properties (NYSE:MRP) has a Due Diligence Score of 11, which is -16 points lower than the residential reit industry average of 27.

MRP passed 3 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals.

Millrose Properties has an average 1 year price target of $37.38, an upside of 16.04% from Millrose Properties's current stock price of $32.21.

Millrose Properties stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Millrose Properties, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 21 residential reit stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 residential reit stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Apartment Investment & Management Co (NYSE:AIV) has an annual dividend yield of 41.92%, which is 36 percentage points higher than the residential reit industry average of 6.1%. Apartment Investment & Management Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Apartment Investment & Management Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Apartment Investment & Management Co's dividend payout ratio of -125% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Clipper Realty (NYSE:CLPR) has an annual dividend yield of 9.77%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the residential reit industry average of 6.1%. Clipper Realty's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Clipper Realty's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Clipper Realty's dividend payout ratio of -37.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Nexpoint Residential Trust (NYSE:NXRT) has an annual dividend yield of 6.65%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the residential reit industry average of 6.1%. Nexpoint Residential Trust's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Nexpoint Residential Trust's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Nexpoint Residential Trust's dividend payout ratio of -106.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Residential reit stocks were up 0.27% in the last day, and down -4% over the last week. Sun Communities was the among the top gainers in the reit - residential industry, gaining 3.04% yesterday.

Sun Communities shares are trading higher after Evercore ISI upgraded the stock to Outperform and raised its price target from $138 to $141.

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 residential reit stocks right now are:

Veris Residential (NYSE:VRE) is the most undervalued residential reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Veris Residential has a valuation score of 43, which is 23 points higher than the residential reit industry average of 20. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Veris Residential's stock has dropped -12.81% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the residential reit industry by 2 percentage points.

Millrose Properties (NYSE:MRP) is the second most undervalued residential reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Millrose Properties has a valuation score of 14, which is -6 points higher than the residential reit industry average of 20. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Avalonbay Communities (NYSE:AVB) is the third most undervalued residential reit stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Avalonbay Communities has a valuation score of 43, which is 23 points higher than the residential reit industry average of 20. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Avalonbay Communities's stock has dropped -21.52% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the residential reit industry by -7 percentage points.

60% of residential reit stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect residential reit stocks to rise by 19.53% over the next year.

0% of residential reit stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5% of residential reit stocks are rated B (Buy), 40% are rated C (Hold), 50% are rated D (Sell), and 5% are rated F (Strong Sell).