Loquax has been writing about win a house competitions since 2007. Our blogs cover the good and the bad of this particular genre of online prize draw. Visit our Win A House section for the latest property prize draws and winner information.
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Win a House competitions have evolved considerably since Dunstan Lowe gave away Melling Manor in a pay to enter prize draw. We’ve seen everything from a Tiny House through to family homes and massive mansions
Despite the decline in the number of property prize draws that are now running the sector continues to thrive albeit in a different way. During the Covid Pandemic the trend for win a house competitions
At the height of the win a house competition boom a number of platforms tried to establish themselves as the goto places for individuals to “raffle” their own properties. Instead of building their own websites,
Back in 2018 a win a house competition site called Home Competitions launched. Describing itself as “The UK’s number one property website” it initially provided details of current property prize draws although never on the
Just when we starting to think that perhaps house raffles were dead on their feet, a few shoots of life start to appear. Since 2017 we’ve seen hundreds of homeowners try their luck with giving
There may not be that many win a house competitions around at the moment, but the last week or so has seen a bit of “purple patch” with respect to media coverage. Firstly Omaze have
After the flurry of activity in 2020 and the early part of 2021 which saw over 200 properties put up as prizes, the win a house sector has really slowed down. This year for example
Although there aren’t many new win a house prize draws being launched in recent months there are still a number from 2021 running. A handful of these are or at least were due to close
During 2020 and 2021 win a house competitions were incredibly popular and sparked the launch of a number of raffle platforms hoping to cash in on that popularity. Prize Villas, Visit Central Italy and FrogHopping