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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 206 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: C, 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 26.79% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 121 percentage points.

Jones Lang Lasalle has an average 1 year price target of $393.00, an upside of 3.4% from Jones Lang Lasalle's current stock price of $380.07.

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.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) is the #2 top real estate stock out of 206 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 Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:XHR) has a Due Diligence Score of 18, which is -8 points lower than the real estate sector average of 26. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates XHR as a "B".It passed 7 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Xenia Hotels & Resorts has seen its stock return 58.76% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 153 percentage points.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts has an average 1 year price target of $21.17, a downside of -3.52% from Xenia Hotels & Resorts's current stock price of $21.94.

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

Ke Holdings (NYSE:BEKE) is the #3 top real estate stock out of 206 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 Ke Holdings (NYSE:BEKE) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ke Holdings (NYSE:BEKE) has a Due Diligence Score of 15, which is -11 points lower than the real estate sector average of 26. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates BEKE as a "B".It passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ke Holdings has seen its stock return 14.07% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 108 percentage points.

Ke Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $24.90, an upside of 35.33% from Ke Holdings's current stock price of $18.40.

Ke Holdings stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Ke Holdings, 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.

Out of 144 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Site Centers (NYSE:SITC) has an annual dividend yield of 445.77%, which is 438 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 8.08%. Site Centers's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Site Centers's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Site Centers's dividend payout ratio of 81.6% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT) has an annual dividend yield of 19.78%, which is 12 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 8.08%. Medical Properties Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Medical Properties Trust's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Medical Properties Trust's dividend payout ratio of 87.8% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Brightspire Capital (NYSE:BRSP) has an annual dividend yield of 18.99%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 8.08%. Brightspire Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Brightspire Capital's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Brightspire Capital's dividend payout ratio of 492.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

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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:

Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) 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.

Ihs Holding 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.

Ihs Holding's stock has gained 29.45% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 124 percentage points.

Millrose Properties (NYSE:MRP) 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.

Millrose Properties 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.

Millrose Properties's stock has dropped -15.98% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 78 percentage points.

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) 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.

Advanced Flower Capital 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.

Advanced Flower Capital's stock has gained 9.74% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 104 percentage points.

42.25% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 10.31% over the next year.

0.6% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 3.59% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 70.66% are rated C (Hold), 20.36% are rated D (Sell), and 4.79% are rated F (Strong Sell).