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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 18.24% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 48 percentage points.

Cushman & Wakefield has an average 1 year price target of $14.75, a downside of -1.07% from Cushman & Wakefield's current stock price of $14.91.

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.

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) 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 Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, 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 112.66% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 143 percentage points.

Irsa Investments & Representations (NYSE:IRS) 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 Irsa Investments & Representations (NYSE:IRS) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Irsa Investments & Representations (NYSE:IRS) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -9 points lower than the real estate sector average of 26. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates IRS as a "B".It passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Irsa Investments & Representations has seen its stock return 53.22% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 83 percentage points.

Out of 188 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Creative Media & Community Trust (NASDAQ:CMCT) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the real estate sector average of 5.92%. Creative Media & Community Trust's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Creative Media & Community Trust's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Creative Media & Community Trust's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) has an annual dividend yield of 23.69%, which is 18 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 5.92%. 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.

Mackenzie Realty Capital (NASDAQ:MKZR) has an annual dividend yield of 21.28%, which is 15 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 5.92%.

Mackenzie Realty Capital's dividend payout ratio of -5.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Real estate stocks were down -0.97% in the last day, and up 0.29% over the last week. Lamar Advertising Co was the among the top losers in the real estate sector, dropping -0.23% yesterday.

Lamar Advertising shares are trading higher after Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a stake in the company via a 13F filing.

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:

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) 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.

Advanced Flower Capital has a valuation score of 14, which is -13 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AFCG a Valuation Rating of "A".

Advanced Flower Capital's stock has dropped -55.66% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by -26 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 43, which is 16 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rithm Capital's stock has gained 10.74% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 41 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 14, which is -13 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AOMR a Valuation Rating of "B".

Angel Oak Mortgage Reit's stock has dropped -18.63% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 12 percentage points.

39.34% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 14.71% over the next year.

0.44% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 4.87% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 61.5% are rated C (Hold), 29.2% are rated D (Sell), and 3.98% are rated F (Strong Sell).