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Best Real Estate Development Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top real estate development stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best real estate development stocks to buy now. Learn More.

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 development stocks to buy right now are:

Five Point Holdings (NYSE:FPH) is the #1 top real estate development stock out of 14 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: B, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Five Point Holdings (NYSE:FPH) has a Due Diligence Score of 36, which is 12 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 24.

FPH passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Five Point Holdings has seen its stock return 68% over the past year, overperforming other real estate development stocks by 88 percentage points.

Amrep (NYSE:AXR) is the #2 top real estate development stock out of 14 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Amrep (NYSE:AXR) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Amrep (NYSE:AXR) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 22 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 24.

AXR passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Amrep has seen its stock return 7.55% over the past year, overperforming other real estate development stocks by 27 percentage points.

Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE:SDHC) is the #3 top real estate development stock out of 14 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE:SDHC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Smith Douglas Homes (NYSE:SDHC) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is 2 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 24.

SDHC passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Smith Douglas Homes has seen its stock lose -25.9% over the past year, underperforming other real estate development stocks by -6 percentage points.

Smith Douglas Homes has an average 1 year price target of $27.50, an upside of 43.01% from Smith Douglas Homes's current stock price of $19.23.

Smith Douglas Homes stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Smith Douglas Homes, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

50% of real estate development stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect real estate development stocks to rise by 41.45% over the next year.

14.29% of real estate development stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of real estate development stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.14% are rated C (Hold), 14.29% are rated D (Sell), and 14.29% are rated F (Strong Sell).

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 development stocks right now are:

Five Point Holdings (NYSE:FPH) is the most undervalued real estate development stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Five Point Holdings has a valuation score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Five Point Holdings's stock has gained 68% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate development industry by 88 percentage points.

Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) is the second most undervalued real estate development stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Forestar Group has a valuation score of 57, which is 28 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Forestar Group's stock has dropped -37.96% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate development industry by -18 percentage points.

Amrep (NYSE:AXR) is the third most undervalued real estate development stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Amrep has a valuation score of 43, which is 14 points higher than the real estate development industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Amrep's stock has gained 7.55% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate development industry by 27 percentage points.

Real estate development stocks were up 0.78% in the last day, and up 3.28% over the last week.

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