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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:

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) is the #1 top real estate stock out of 267 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 Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 18 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cushman & Wakefield has seen its stock return 24.07% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 70 percentage points.

Cushman & Wakefield has an average 1 year price target of $15.75, a downside of -5.12% from Cushman & Wakefield's current stock price of $16.60.

Cushman & Wakefield stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Cushman & Wakefield, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) is the #2 top real estate stock out of 267 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 Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 23 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Newmark Group has seen its stock return 26.22% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 72 percentage points.

Newmark Group has an average 1 year price target of $17.50, a downside of -7.26% from Newmark Group's current stock price of $18.87.

Newmark Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Newmark Group, 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.

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is the #3 top real estate stock out of 267 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 Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: D.

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 31 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Comstock Holding Companies has seen its stock return 79.01% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 125 percentage points.

Out of 184 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) has an annual dividend yield of 22.86%, which is 17 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 5.73%. 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.

Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) has an annual dividend yield of 20.25%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 5.73%. Orchid Island Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% eight times in the last 10 years. Orchid Island Capital's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Orchid Island Capital's dividend payout ratio of 847.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Invesco Mortgage Capital (NYSE:IVR) has an annual dividend yield of 19.63%, which is 14 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 5.73%. Invesco Mortgage Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four 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 405.3% 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:

Irsa Investments & Representations (NYSE:IRS) 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.

Irsa Investments & Representations has a valuation score of 14, which is -12 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates IRS a Valuation Rating of "A".

Irsa Investments & Representations's stock has dropped -1.57% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 44 percentage points.

Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM) 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.

Rithm Capital has a valuation score of 57, which is 31 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rithm Capital's stock has gained 1.34% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 47 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 57, which is 31 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Re/Max Holdings's stock has dropped -25.29% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 20 percentage points.

40.54% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 11.06% over the next year.

0.43% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.63% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 59.74% are rated C (Hold), 29% are rated D (Sell), and 5.19% are rated F (Strong Sell).