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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 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 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 36.31% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 132 percentage points.

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) is the #2 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: 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 24.8% 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 3.61% from Jones Lang Lasalle's current stock price of $379.29.

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 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 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 81.95% 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 -6.85% from Diamondrock Hospitality Co's current stock price of $14.52.

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

Brightspire Capital (NYSE:BRSP) has an annual dividend yield of 17.93%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 5.11%. 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.

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPT) has an annual dividend yield of 16.51%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 5.11%. 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 -583.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Innovative Industrial Properties (NYSE:IIPR) has an annual dividend yield of 13.97%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 5.11%. Innovative Industrial Properties's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Innovative Industrial Properties's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Innovative Industrial Properties's dividend payout ratio of 169.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Real estate stocks were up 1.13% in the last day, and up 2.55% over the last week. Public Storage was the among the top gainers in the real estate sector, gaining 0.05% yesterday.

Public Storage shares are trading higher after Evercore ISI Group raised its price target on the stock from $303 to $320.

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 -32.02% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 64 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 28.27% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 124 percentage points.

40.45% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 13.4% over the next year.

1.19% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.95% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 75% are rated C (Hold), 15.48% are rated D (Sell), and 2.38% are rated F (Strong Sell).