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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 252 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: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 14 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Jones Lang Lasalle has seen its stock return 19.49% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 49 percentage points.

Jones Lang Lasalle has an average 1 year price target of $397.00, an upside of 32.43% from Jones Lang Lasalle's current stock price of $299.78.

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.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (NYSE:CHMI) is the #2 top real estate stock out of 252 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 Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (NYSE:CHMI) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment (NYSE:CHMI) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 8 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment has seen its stock lose -19.19% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 10 percentage points.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment has an average 1 year price target of $3.00, an upside of 25% from Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment's current stock price of $2.40.

Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) is the #3 top real estate stock out of 252 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 Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) has a Due Diligence Score of 28, which is 3 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Advanced Flower Capital has seen its stock lose -33.82% over the past year, underperforming other real estate stocks by -5 percentage points.

Out of 185 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 60.05%, which is 53 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.99%.

Net Lease Office Properties's dividend payout ratio of -274.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Apartment Investment & Management Co (NYSE:AIV) has an annual dividend yield of 44.52%, which is 38 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.99%. 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.

Invesco Mortgage Capital (NYSE:IVR) has an annual dividend yield of 22.51%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.99%. 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 197.4% 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:

Strawberry Fields Reit (NYSEMKT:STRW) 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.

Strawberry Fields Reit has a valuation score of 14, which is -5 points higher than the real estate sector average of 19. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates STRW a Valuation Rating of "A".

Strawberry Fields Reit's stock has gained 20.64% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 50 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 24 points higher than the real estate sector average of 19. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Millrose Properties's stock has gained 2.55% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 32 percentage points.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) 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.

Cbl & Associates Properties has a valuation score of 43, which is 24 points higher than the real estate sector average of 19. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cbl & Associates Properties's stock has gained 97.1% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 126 percentage points.

37.99% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 9.56% over the next year.

1.46% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.83% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 65.53% are rated C (Hold), 21.84% are rated D (Sell), and 5.34% are rated F (Strong Sell).