Tennis star Sania Mirza inaugurated the two-day annual event ‘The Hindu Habitat’ at Shilpa Kala Vedika, located in the IT hub of Hyderabad.

The event played host to a number of real estate developers showcasing different types of properties, apartments, villas etc. starting from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 3 crore.

While HDFC was the title sponsor for the event, Cybercity Builders and Developers and NCC Urban, were associate partners. Radio partner was 93.5 Red FM and Television partner for the event was TV-5.

A number of developers took part in the event where potential customers had direct interaction with various builders.

The event hosted Aparna Constructions, Vertex Homes, NCL Homes, Modi Builders, Manjeera Retail Holdings, Swarna Vihar Infra Projects, Giridhari Constructions, Theme Ambience Constructions, Emami Constructions, Saket Engineers, Green Home Group, Western Constructions, Vishal Projects, Gauthami Developers, Fortune Butterfly City, Armsburg Properties and Ashoka Builders, among others.

The Hyderabad property market is gradually beginning to look up and developers are also considering increase in prices.

In the backdrop of recent announcements made in the Union Budget for 2013-14, extending some sops, the real estate is expected to attract more home buyers.

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