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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:

Five Point Holdings (NYSE:FPH) is the #1 top real estate stock out of 266 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 Five Point Holdings (NYSE:FPH) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Five Point Holdings (NYSE:FPH) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 14 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Five Point Holdings has seen its stock return 77.02% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 136 percentage points.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) is the #2 top real estate stock out of 266 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 Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cbl & Associates Properties (NYSE:CBL) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is 5 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cbl & Associates Properties has seen its stock return 11.41% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 71 percentage points.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) is the #3 top real estate stock out of 266 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: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE:CWK) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 18 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Cushman & Wakefield has seen its stock lose -1.51% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 58 percentage points.

Cushman & Wakefield has an average 1 year price target of $12.50, an upside of 20.08% from Cushman & Wakefield's current stock price of $10.41.

Cushman & Wakefield stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Cushman & Wakefield, 16.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 16.67% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 194 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Uniti Group (NASDAQ:UNIT) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the real estate sector average of 6.86%. Uniti Group's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Uniti Group's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Uniti Group's dividend payout ratio of 60% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) has an annual dividend yield of 20.45%, which is 14 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.86%. Orchid Island Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% nine 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 389.2% 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 20.03%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 6.86%. Invesco Mortgage Capital's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five 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.

Real estate stocks were down -1.29% in the last day, and down -0.34% over the last week. Advanced Flower Capital was the among the top losers in the real estate sector, dropping -20.4% yesterday.

Advanced Flower Capital shares are trading lower after Zuanic & Associates downgraded the stock from Overweight to Neutral.

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:

Rithm Capital (NYSE:RITM) 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.

Rithm Capital has a valuation score of 57, which is 30 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Rithm Capital's stock has gained 0.27% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 59 percentage points.

Advanced Flower Capital (NASDAQ:AFCG) 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.

Advanced Flower 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.

Advanced Flower Capital's stock has dropped -63.32% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by -4 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 71, which is 44 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Re/Max Holdings's stock has dropped -8.82% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 50 percentage points.

40.66% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 15.08% over the next year.

1.3% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.65% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 67.39% are rated C (Hold), 24.35% are rated D (Sell), and 1.3% are rated F (Strong Sell).