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Best Real Estate Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top real estate stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best real estate stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the real estate sector.

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 stocks to buy right now are:

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) is the #1 top real estate stock out of 244 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 13 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Jones Lang Lasalle has seen its stock return 21.39% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 80 percentage points.

Jones Lang Lasalle has an average 1 year price target of $420.33, an upside of 14.89% from Jones Lang Lasalle's current stock price of $365.87.

Jones Lang Lasalle stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Jones Lang Lasalle, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Marcus & Millichap (NYSE:MMI) is the #2 top real estate stock out of 244 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Marcus & Millichap (NYSE:MMI) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Marcus & Millichap (NYSE:MMI) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 14 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Marcus & Millichap has seen its stock lose -1% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 58 percentage points.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co (NASDAQ:DRH) is the #3 top real estate stock out of 244 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Diamondrock Hospitality Co (NASDAQ:DRH) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co (NASDAQ:DRH) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 9 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Diamondrock Hospitality Co has seen its stock return 46.03% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 105 percentage points.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co has an average 1 year price target of $13.03, an upside of 5.83% from Diamondrock Hospitality Co's current stock price of $12.31.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 9 analysts covering Diamondrock Hospitality Co, 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.

Out of 176 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Net Lease Office Properties (NYSE:NLOP) has an annual dividend yield of 59.11%, which is 52 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.95%.

Net Lease Office Properties's dividend payout ratio of -728% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Invesco Mortgage Capital (NYSE:IVR) has an annual dividend yield of 22.71%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.95%. Invesco Mortgage Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Invesco Mortgage Capital's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Invesco Mortgage Capital's dividend payout ratio of 102% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Lument Finance Trust (NYSE:LFT) has an annual dividend yield of 22.04%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.95%. Lument Finance Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eight times in the last 10 years. Lument Finance Trust's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Lument Finance Trust's dividend payout ratio of -44.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Real estate stocks were down -0.85% in the last day, and down -2.48% over the last week.

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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 stocks right now are:

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) is the most undervalued real estate stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust's stock has dropped -99.99% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by -41 percentage points.

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) is the second most undervalued real estate stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

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

Newmark Group's stock has dropped -13.86% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 45 percentage points.

Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) is the third most undervalued real estate stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. 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 sector average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Forestar Group's stock has gained 3.1% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 62 percentage points.

37.85% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 12.13% over the next year.

0.99% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 4.46% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 69.8% are rated C (Hold), 20.3% are rated D (Sell), and 4.46% are rated F (Strong Sell).