Banasree, Purbachal, Gazipur preferred areas for home buyers: Lamudi
People's preference for areas for housing is changing fast in Dhaka, according to Lamudi Bangladesh.
Lamudi, which facilitates buying, selling and renting properties online, said people's demand is shifting from Gulshan, Dhanmondi, Uttara and Mirpur to Banasree, Purbachal and Gazipur.
“We have seen a spectacular demand in property in Gazipur on Lamudi.com.bd so far this year. In 2017, Banasree and Purbachal came up high in average search terms drawing huge crowd,” said Anne Maria Hermans, managing director of Lamudi Bangladesh.
She spoke at the celebration of the online real estate marketplace's fifth anniversary in Bangladesh, at the Bird's Eye Roof Top Restaurant in Dhaka yesterday.
Mirpur, Uttara and Bashundhara were the most searched areas for property in 2015 and 2016.
In spite of rapid urbanisation, housing deficit at this moment is more than 6.5 million homes and is expected to rise to 8.5 million in 2020, according to Lamudi.
“Chittagong, Khulna and Sylhet need to take the pressure off Dhaka's urbanisation,” said Hermans.
During a presentation, she said the requirement of clients has changed as they are shifting from large, extended family homes to smaller, parents and children dwellings. “More and more people have an interest in condominium cities, and this is to be expected in the future of Bangladesh.”
She thinks although the real estate sector is booming and has enormous potential, exorbitant home loan rates and high registration fees are key obstacles for the sector to grow further.
Lamudi launched a nationwide social campaign “Amar Shohor, Amar Gorbo” to mark its anniversary.
The campaign invites individuals to capture the unique character of the city with a selfie. By using the hashtag #AmarShohorAmarGorbo and #LamudiBD all photos can be uploaded on www.amarshohoramargorbo.com.
The photos will be tagged by city, area and season to optimise performance on Google and beyond to make Bangladesh visible all over the world.
“At this moment, more than 80 million people are online in Bangladesh. So, it will be absolutely stunning if we, as a nation, make the world record for the biggest rooftop selfie. We think it is possible and can't wait for the results!”
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