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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 264 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: C.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 18 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cushman & Wakefield has seen its stock return 18.95% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 75 percentage points.

Cushman & Wakefield has an average 1 year price target of $18.10, an upside of 15.8% from Cushman & Wakefield's current stock price of $15.63.

Cushman & Wakefield stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Cushman & Wakefield, 40% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 40% 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 #2 top real estate stock out of 264 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: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) has a Due Diligence Score of 57, which is 32 points higher than the real estate sector average of 25. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Comstock Holding Companies has seen its stock return 22.82% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 79 percentage points.

St Joe Co (NYSE:JOE) is the #3 top real estate stock out of 264 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 19, which is -6 points lower than the real estate sector average of 25. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates JOE as a "B".It passed 8 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. St Joe Co has seen its stock return 14.66% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 71 percentage points.

Out of 187 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Franklin Street Properties (NYSEMKT:FSP) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the real estate sector average of 6.49%. Franklin Street Properties's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Franklin Street Properties's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Franklin Street Properties's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Apartment Investment & Management Co (NYSE:AIV) has an annual dividend yield of 42%, which is 36 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.49%. 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.

Apartment Investment & Management Co's dividend payout ratio of -125% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) has an annual dividend yield of 27.04%, which is 21 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.49%. 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.

Real estate stocks were down -0.04% in the last day, and down -1.93% over the last week. Offerpad Solutions was the among the top losers in the real estate sector, dropping -24.78% yesterday.

Offerpad Solutions shares are trading lower after the company reported Q3 EPS and sales below estimates and issued weak guidance.

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 43, which is 17 points higher than the real estate sector average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Irsa Investments & Representations's stock has gained 7.44% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 64 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 -35.46% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 21 percentage points.

Angel Oak Mortgage Reit (NYSE:AOMR) 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.

Angel Oak Mortgage Reit 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.

Angel Oak Mortgage Reit's stock has gained 0.44% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 57 percentage points.

45.99% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 15.35% over the next year.

0.45% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 4.48% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 60.54% are rated C (Hold), 27.8% are rated D (Sell), and 6.73% are rated F (Strong Sell).