{"id":88837,"date":"2018-05-21T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T06:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-selling-your-home-through-a-raffle-could-leave-you-out-of-pocket\/"},"modified":"2018-05-21T13:05:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T06:05:52","slug":"how-selling-your-home-through-a-raffle-could-leave-you-out-of-pocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-selling-your-home-through-a-raffle-could-leave-you-out-of-pocket\/","title":{"rendered":"How selling your home through a raffle could leave you out of pocket"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt may seem like a lucrative way to beat the housing market but can end up being more of a headache, with some homeowners potentially facing lossesIt was an ambitious plan: Donna Pirie offered to give away her \u00a31.7m Aberdeenshire mansion in a competition, but she wanted to sell \u00a33.75m worth of tickets to do so and give \u00a31m to charity.In the end, she sold just 10,000 tickets at \u00a325 each \u2013 totalling \u00a3250,000 \u2013 despite national newspaper coverage. The terms and conditions of the competition allowed her to delay the draw twice but she decided to keep her home and instead give away \u00a3188,000 in cash prizes. She also gave \u00a350,000 to charity. Running the competition cost her \u00a343,500, so she ended up with a net loss of \u00a331,500. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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