Mumbai is the most unaffordable market with 29 percent of the city's total under-construction units priced at over Rs 1 crore as against 11 per cent of the NCR and 5 percent of the Bangalore markets. So builder have to sell their projects. In spite of directly reducing prices, real estate developers are offering discounts and freebies to encourage sales
Yeah you are correct Abhishek and Sandeep.... Mantri Realty is now offering 100 gms of gold coins for 1-BHKs, 2-BHKs, 3-BHKs flats, and duplexx in Mantri Serene for its 18-storey tower in Goregaon, which houses close to 300 apartments.
In order to boost sales in the stagnant real estate market, developers have been forced to offer a variety of freebies like 100 gms of gold coins, discounts, cash back of monthly rentals up to a year, free parking facilities and payment of stamp duty and registration charges while you go to book a property in the city
Some of the real estate developers are offering discounts, some are luring buyers with readymade kitchens, air conditioners in the flats. These marketing schemes are targeted based on the income-level of the buyers and the range of flats
To overcome the situation, some builders in Mumbai region introduced a new scheme for their commercial properties wherein the buyers have the option to pay 40% of the price initially and the balance they can pay in EMIs over a certain period of time. Some builders are offering buy back scheme for the investors after a certain lock period.