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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:

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) is the #1 top real estate stock out of 257 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 Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 25 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Newmark Group has seen its stock return 7.24% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 42 percentage points.

Newmark Group has an average 1 year price target of $21.50, an upside of 45.07% from Newmark Group's current stock price of $14.82.

Newmark Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 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.

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) is the #2 top real estate stock out of 257 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: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 20 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Jones Lang Lasalle has seen its stock return 3.52% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 38 percentage points.

Jones Lang Lasalle has an average 1 year price target of $389.00, an upside of 34.53% from Jones Lang Lasalle's current stock price of $289.15.

Jones Lang Lasalle stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Jones Lang Lasalle, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) is the #3 top real estate stock out of 257 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: C, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 24 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cushman & Wakefield has seen its stock lose -0.08% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 35 percentage points.

Cushman & Wakefield has an average 1 year price target of $18.40, an upside of 42.75% from Cushman & Wakefield's current stock price of $12.89.

Cushman & Wakefield stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Cushman & Wakefield, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 60% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 183 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Elme Communities (NYSE:ELME) has an annual dividend yield of 697.71%, which is 688 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 10.19%. Elme Communities's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Elme Communities's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Elme Communities's dividend payout ratio of -47.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Ready Capital (NYSE:RC) has an annual dividend yield of 22.78%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 10.19%. Ready Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% ten times in the last 10 years. Ready Capital's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ready Capital's dividend payout ratio of -33.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Sachem Capital (NYSEMKT:SACH) has an annual dividend yield of 20%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 10.19%. Sachem Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Sachem Capital's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sachem Capital's dividend payout ratio of -26% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Real estate stocks were up 1.22% in the last day, and up 0.95% over the last week. Hannon Armstrong was the among the top gainers in the real estate sector, gaining 10.8% yesterday.

HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 financial results and issued FY28 adjusted EPS guidance above estimates.

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 29, which is 3 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust's stock has dropped -99.96% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by -65 percentage points.

Re/Max Holdings (NYSE:RMAX) 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.

Re/Max Holdings has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Re/Max Holdings's stock has dropped -31.01% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 4 percentage points.

Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM) 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.

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 dropped -11.84% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 23 percentage points.

37.1% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 9.79% over the next year.

1.4% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 2.79% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 64.65% are rated C (Hold), 25.12% are rated D (Sell), and 6.05% are rated F (Strong Sell).