nashik in an encouraging development for the real estate sector in nashik prospective home buyers have booked 300 residential properties worth over rs 105 crore since early july after the district administration eased the strict restrictions said ravi mahajan the president of credainashikaccording to some developers with the festive season approaching the sale of properties will further gain momentum in the next few monthsthe fact that a significant number of residential properties were booked in such a short span of time is an indication that despite the pandemic people are keen on buy flats apart from local nashik residents people from mumbai pune and other districts of north maharashtra are showing interest in buying residential properties here said mahajannashiks realty sector had come to standstill between march and may due to the second covid wave construction activities had stopped as migrant workers had left for their hometowns however with the restrictions being eased and the pandemic ebbing in nashik migrant workers have started returning and construction work has restartedmahajan added the quantum of inquiries from prospective buyers too had increased significantly and the conversions of these inquiries into actual business will take another couple of monthssujoy gupta the chairman of the realty firm samraat group in nashik said things are gradually looking upi have various residential projects under construction in different parts of the city in june alone my firm sold 30 flats some of these buyers are from mumbai if this positive trend continues the real estate sector will register good growth i am getting plenty of calls for my properties gupta saidumesh wankhede the officebearer of credainashik and the chairman of the real estate committee of the maharashtra chamber of commerce industry and agriculture maccia said over 1000 residential projects with around 20000 flats are under construction across the city during the first and second covid waves people came to realise how much they need a home therefore many have started planning to buy homes said wankhedenaresh karda chairman of karda constructions a major realty company said although there are restrictions after 4 pm people are visiting project sites in the morning calls and site visits have increased this month and some inquiries have also converted into bookings he did not disclose how many flats have been sold in june