Hundreds of people thronged the housing fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka yesterday, although the venue was open to customers only for four hours for the best bargains.
Braving cold weather, prospective buyers of plots and apartments queued at the entrance of the fair in the evening after the third day of the five-day event was cut short due to a Victory Day discussion.
Sultan Kabir Chowdhury, a salt businessman from Chittagong, who wants to buy an apartment in Baridhara area in Dhaka, said he checked out many options to settle for one.
The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) has organised the fair joined by 283 real estate companies, construction materials suppliers and two financial institutions.
The large presence of visitors buoyed the real estate companies.
ASM Shahanawaz, a sales manager of Mohammadi Developers Ltd, said his company has already got booking for apartments worth Tk 3.5 crore. “In the next two days, we hope we will bag more orders.”
Mohammadi Developers is offering apartments in the city’s Mohammadpur area only with prices ranging between Tk 30 lakh and Tk 70 lakh.
Mohammad Zakir Hossain, deputy manager, sales of Rangs Properties, said the visitors are particularly queuing at the stalls of the trusted companies.
The show opens to visitors from 1:00pm to 10:00pm today and from 10:00am to 9:00pm on Monday, the concluding day.
-With The Daily Star input
