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Best Real Estate Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top real estate stocks in 2025 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:

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) is the #1 top real estate stock out of 263 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 24 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Newmark Group has seen its stock return 10.98% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 66 percentage points.

Newmark Group has an average 1 year price target of $19.67, an upside of 12.51% from Newmark Group's current stock price of $17.48.

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

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) is the #2 top real estate stock out of 263 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 13 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Jones Lang Lasalle has seen its stock return 12.94% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 68 percentage points.

Jones Lang Lasalle has an average 1 year price target of $339.00, an upside of 9.87% from Jones Lang Lasalle's current stock price of $308.54.

Jones Lang Lasalle stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Jones Lang Lasalle, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) is the #3 top real estate stock out of 263 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 Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is 1 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cbl & Associates Properties has seen its stock return 17.8% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 73 percentage points.

Out of 186 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Franklin Street Properties (NYSEMKT:FSP) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the real estate sector average of 6.33%. Franklin Street Properties's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Franklin Street Properties's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Franklin Street Properties's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Apartment Investment & Management Co (NYSE:AIV) has an annual dividend yield of 39.05%, which is 33 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.33%. 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 164.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) has an annual dividend yield of 26.54%, which is 20 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.33%. Advanced Flower Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Advanced Flower Capital's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Advanced Flower Capital's dividend payout ratio of -241.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Real estate stocks were up 1.07% in the last day, and up 1.92% over the last week. Centerspace was the among the top gainers in the real estate sector, gaining 12.34% yesterday.

Centerspace shares are trading higher after Bloomberg reported the company is exploring a potential sale.

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 29, which is 4 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust's stock has dropped -99.98% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by -45 percentage points.

Irsa Investments & Representations (NYSE:IRS) 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.

Irsa Investments & Representations has a valuation score of 43, which is 18 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Irsa Investments & Representations's stock has gained 10.15% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 65 percentage points.

Re/Max Holdings (NYSE:RMAX) 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.

Re/Max Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 46 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Re/Max Holdings's stock has dropped -35.76% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 19 percentage points.

44.74% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 12.87% over the next year.

0.89% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 4.46% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 64.73% are rated C (Hold), 24.11% are rated D (Sell), and 5.8% are rated F (Strong Sell).