The four-day housing exhibition, REHAB Chattogram Fair-2025, generated Tk 84.77 crore in sales and bookings for flats, commercial spaces, and plots before closing on Sunday.

The organiser, the Chattogram regional office of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), said the amount was 21.5 percent lower than the previous edition's Tk 108 crore.

This year, the fair saw bookings and sales of around 120 apartments and commercial spaces, along with approximately 30 plots, REHAB's Chattogram Regional Committee Chairman Hazi Delwar Hossain told The Daily Star.

"Last year, the sales target was Tk 150 crore, but we received orders worth Tk 108 crore. This year, we lowered the target to Tk 110 crore. Considering the ongoing economic downturn, the sales and bookings were satisfactory."

Most of the flats exhibited at the fair were targeted at middle-income families, he said.

Bangladesh's real estate sector is still facing challenges due to the sharp increase in construction material prices since the Covid-19 pandemic and the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war, Hossain said.

Over 5,000 people visited the 16th edition of the housing fair, held at the Radisson Blu Chattogram Bay View in the port city.

The offers made at the fair by participating firms will remain valid at their offices until the end of February, REHAB said in a statement.