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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:

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) 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 Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Comstock Holding Companies (NASDAQ:CHCI) has a Due Diligence Score of 59, which is 32 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Comstock Holding Companies has seen its stock return 56.63% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 80 percentage points.

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) is the #2 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 Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 15 points higher than the real estate sector average of 27. It passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Newmark Group has seen its stock return 15.22% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 39 percentage points.

Newmark Group has an average 1 year price target of $15.75, an upside of 41.51% from Newmark Group's current stock price of $11.13.

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.

Irsa Investments & Representations (NYSE:IRS) is the #3 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 Irsa Investments & Representations (NYSE:IRS) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Irsa Investments & Representations (NYSE:IRS) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -10 points lower than the real estate sector average of 27. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates IRS as a "A".It passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Irsa Investments & Representations has seen its stock return 52.16% over the past year, overperforming other real estate stocks by 76 percentage points.

Out of 185 real estate stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 real estate stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Invesco Mortgage Capital (NYSE:IVR) has an annual dividend yield of 21.18%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 7.85%. 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 246.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Orchid Island Capital (NYSE:ORC) has an annual dividend yield of 18.13%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 7.85%. 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 252.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Sachem Capital (NYSEMKT:SACH) has an annual dividend yield of 17.48%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the real estate sector average of 7.85%. 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 -31.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Real estate stocks were up 0.03% in the last day, and up 2.78% over the last week. Digital Realty Trust was the among the top gainers in the real estate sector, gaining 3.99% yesterday.

Digital Realty Trust shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 FFO results and raised its FY25 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:

Wetouch Technology (NASDAQ:WETH) 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.

Wetouch Technology 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.

Wetouch Technology's stock has dropped -63.58% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by -40 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 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 dropped -5.22% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 18 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 gained 3.47% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the real estate sector by 27 percentage points.

45.71% of real estate stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect real estate stocks to rise by 19.78% over the next year.

2.22% of real estate stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 3.56% of real estate stocks are rated B (Buy), 67.11% are rated C (Hold), 22.67% are rated D (Sell), and 4.44% are rated F (Strong Sell).