Online marketplace Snapdeal is in the final stages of acquiring online real-estate firm Housing.com , reported Hindu Business line According to sources and investment bankers, the talks for the deal were on since December and the deal could be finalised for $50-100 million, the publication said.In December ET reported Housing.com had begun discussions with Snapdeal as well as News Corp, which is a backer of rival PropTiger, for a strategic stake sale, multiple people aware of the talks said, as the Mumbai-based company searches for backers to recover from a year of turmoil which has hurt its standing in the online real estate market.The talks, which these sources described as 'nascent' to ET in December, could result in a deal by the second quarter of 2016 and the final contours will depend on the embattled company's ability to demonstrate growth in its so-called 'buy and sell' business, which allows users to not just find property but engage in a transaction online."It will come down to the best price," said one of the sources about the negotiations, which are being fronted by SoftBank , which is the largest investor in Housing and online marketplace Snapdeal, said the ET report.Housing's downward spiral started soon after SoftBank led an investment round of $90 million (Rs 540 crore) in November 2014.The SoftBank funding in 2014 valued Housing at about Rs 1,500 crore. Its co-founder Rahul Yadav engaged in public spats with a prominent venture capital investor, the media, and finally the board of his company, which led to his sacking in July.