thane there seems to be a huge demand for onebedroom hall kitchen bhk flats in thane and its neighbouring areas like dombivli kalyan and others going by the inquiries recorded in the recently concluded housing expo in thane most of the buyers were looking for onebhk flats costing anywhere between rs 30 and rs 65 lakh said suraj parmar president of the maharashtra chambers of housing industry thane unit though there was no specific data available about the total demand and supply of onebhk flats almost 400 flats were booked during the fourday exhibition if members of the association are to be believed a developer from mumbai said that owing to high cost those planning to buy twobhk flats have to make do with rented flats or onebhk flats that meet their requirements within the available resources and that the demand for twobhk flats has slowed down in the past couple of years partially agreeing to the mumbai developers opinion sandeep jadhav a developer from badlapur said unless there is a correction in property prices which seems to be unlikely due to factors like high stamp duty and registration cost because of higher ready reckoner rates expensive labour and raw material and delay in administrative approvals demand will not increase for the sector with the sensex touching record high it may result in acche din good days for many in the business community but for real estate players and buyers the good days seem to be a distant dream for buyers two factors work as deterrents from investing in bigger apartments economic uncertainty and higher loan rates the cost of living increases with rise in carpet area people thus prefer to buy a onebhk so that the emi society maintenance cost and the rest fall under their budget said dipti murkar a thanebased professional who is looking for a flat