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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 256 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: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Jones Lang Lasalle (NYSE:JLL) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 13 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Jones Lang Lasalle has seen its stock return 17.83% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 46 percentage points.

Jones Lang Lasalle has an average 1 year price target of $387.00, an upside of 24.45% from Jones Lang Lasalle's current stock price of $310.97.

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.

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) is the #2 top real estate stock out of 256 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: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 27 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Newmark Group has seen its stock return 5.22% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 34 percentage points.

Newmark Group has an average 1 year price target of $21.50, an upside of 46.06% from Newmark Group's current stock price of $14.72.

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.

St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) is the #3 top real estate stock out of 256 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 St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is 6 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. St Joe Co has seen its stock return 53.38% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 82 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:

Piedmont Realty Trust (NYSE:PDM) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the real estate sector average of 6.72%. Piedmont Realty Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Piedmont Realty Trust's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Piedmont Realty Trust's dividend payout ratio of -19.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Ready Capital (NYSE:RC) has an annual dividend yield of 23.19%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.72%. 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 19.8%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.72%. 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 0.36% in the last day, and up 0.04% over the last week. Costar Group was the among the top gainers in the real estate sector, gaining 2.67% yesterday.

CoStar Group shares are trading lower after the company reported Q4 financial results and issued FY26 adjusted EPS guidance with its midpoint below estimates. Also, the company issued Q1 guidance below 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 -99.95% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by -72 percentage points.

Re/Max Holdings (NYSE:RMAX) is the second 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 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 -28% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the real estate sector.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) 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.

Cushman & Wakefield 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.

Cushman & Wakefield's stock has gained 15.59% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 44 percentage points.

39.25% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 9.7% over the next year.

0.94% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 3.29% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 59.62% are rated C (Hold), 28.64% are rated D (Sell), and 7.51% are rated F (Strong Sell).