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Developers and lenders tap need for owned homes amid festive season

Discounts, virtual tours, flexible payment options--players pulling out all stops

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Many players are also reaching out to non-resident Indians keen on investing in their home towns and cities

Samreen AhmadRaghavendra KamathSubrata Panda Bengaluru/Mumbai
This week, a prominent builder in Mumbai put out advertisements in newspapers, inviting people to pay only Rs 2 lakh and book a two-bedroom luxury apartment in the Sion-Wadala area, a residential locality in the central suburbs, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. 

Early birds would get a free two-wheeler and the advantage of locking in the cost price at Rs 96 lakh, way lower than the Rs 1 crore-plus that is typically quoted for a two-bed flat in this area.

The realtor’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing since the ad was released. 

As Anuj Puri, chairman, Anarock Consultants, puts it,