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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:

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is the #1 top real estate stock out of 243 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 Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) has a Due Diligence Score of 60, which is 34 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Comstock Holding Companies has seen its stock return 30.14% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 126 percentage points.

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) is the #2 top real estate stock out of 243 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 Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 14 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 18.27% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 115 percentage points.

Jones Lang Lasalle has an average 1 year price target of $393.00, an upside of 9.23% from Jones Lang Lasalle's current stock price of $359.79.

Jones Lang Lasalle stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Jones Lang Lasalle, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co (NASDAQ:DRH) is the #3 top real estate stock out of 243 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: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co (NASDAQ:DRH) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is 6 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Diamondrock Hospitality Co has seen its stock return 81.3% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 178 percentage points.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co has an average 1 year price target of $13.53, a downside of -5.09% from Diamondrock Hospitality Co's current stock price of $14.25.

Diamondrock Hospitality Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Diamondrock Hospitality Co, 30% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 70% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 175 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance (NYSE:ARI) has an annual dividend yield of 197.42%, which is 189 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 8.53%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance's dividend payout ratio of 1,031.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE:ABR) has an annual dividend yield of 43.93%, which is 35 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 8.53%. Arbor Realty Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Arbor Realty Trust's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Arbor Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio of -149.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Granite Point Mortgage Trust (NYSE:GPMT) has an annual dividend yield of 37.47%, which is 29 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 8.53%. Granite Point Mortgage Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Granite Point Mortgage Trust's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Granite Point Mortgage Trust's dividend payout ratio of -10% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Real estate stocks were down -0.35% in the last day, and up 1.84% over the last week. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance was the among the top losers in the real estate sector, dropping -63.88% yesterday.

Shares of banks and financial services companies are trading lower amid broader market weakness as investors reduce risk exposure following recent earnings from major technology companies. Persistent inflation and elevated oil prices are also keeping interest-rate uncertainty in focus, raising concerns about borrowing costs, loan demand and potential credit deterioration.

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 16 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust's stock has dropped -100% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by -4 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 44 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Newmark Group's stock has dropped -36.25% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 60 percentage points.

Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) is the third 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.

Ihs Holding has a valuation score of 29, which is 2 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ihs Holding's stock has gained 26.84% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 123 percentage points.

41.24% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 14.75% over the next year.

0.5% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 70.5% are rated C (Hold), 19% are rated D (Sell), and 5% are rated F (Strong Sell).