A five-day long housing fair titled ‘REHAB Fair 2017’ will begin at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on Thursday, reports UNB.

The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) will host the fair, the biggest such event in this sector, to help consumers find flats and plots at an affordable cost.

REHAB acting president Nurun Nabi Chowdhury (Shaon), briefed the media about the fair at Jatiya Press Club yesterday.

The leaders of the association claimed that the real estate and housing sector is contributing 15 per cent to the national GDP. But the excess registration fee is creating barrier in the growth of this sector.

The association leaders urged government to reduce 6-7 per cent of registration fee.

He said a total of 203 stalls will be there in the fair this year with 30 and 13 representatives respectively from the building materials companies and financial institutions.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed will attend the inaugural session of the fair as the chief guest while State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid will attend it as special guest.

The fair will continue till December 25. The fair will remain open from 10am to 9pm every day.

The entry fee will be Tk 50 for each person and multiple tickets for Tk 100.