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The Daily Mail Dream Cottage competition kicked off on 24 July 2010, offering readers a chance of winning a £320,000 cottage in Suffolk for free. All you need to do is collect 20 different tokens or keywords to enter the draw, and you can enter more than once. After finding the location of the Daily Mail cottage (with a bit of help from our members!); so many people contacted us asking for the daily passwords that we thought we'd consolidate the list in one post.

This summer's free Daily Mail Dream Cottage competition seems to be attracting lots of interest so far. The 'idyllic' £320,000 thatched cottage is certainly picture-perfect: dating back to the early 17th century, it features 3 bedrooms and a beautiful mature garden. While the description sounds great, very little information is provided about the location. However, thanks to the investigative work of some of our members, we think we've found the place!

Daily Mail are giving their readers an opportunity to win a charming thatched cottage this summer. Set in an idyllic English country village, the Grade-II listed property is valued at £320,000. Dating back to the early 17th century, it offers 3 bedrooms and is set in a 3rd of an acre of beautiful gardens.

US couple Jennifer Banzhoff and Joseph Dukestand bought a $100 ticket in this year's St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway win a house raffle after seeing the $550,000 home in Westhaven, Franklin, USA. At the very last minute, they decided to buy two more tickets. As luck would have it, one of them was picked as the winning ticket for the property raffle.

The Daily Mirror has teamed up with South Lakeland Parks, one of the UK's leading holiday park specialists, to give away a 2-bedroom holiday home worth £37,000 to one reader. The winner can pick a limited edition ABI Vista Platinum home at one of the Morecambe Bay sites near the Lake District National Park.

The winner of the Win a House in Sandbanks competition has finally spoken out, after months of attempts by the media to identify him. Due to low ticket sales, he was awarded a cash prize of £41k instead of the £1 million home originally up for grabs. His identity had remained a secret until now, despite carrying out the draw in December 2009.

A new TV show on Channel 4, 'The Village' will give someone the chance of living the country life and ultimately win a home in the village itself. Last week, rumours suggested the village of Aberdour in Fife had been chosen as the location. According to recent reports, Grassington has been picked instead. If you fancy a change of lifestyle, there is still time for you to apply to be on the show.

Channel 4's new TV show 'The Village' will give participants a chance of winning a dream home in the British countryside. They are calling for anyone tired of living in the city to take part in their new TV show due for filming at the end of the summer. You'll be given the chance of starting a new life in an idyllic village in the UK and win a house reportedly worth up to £300,000 in the process.

You could win this house worth £1 million in Cambridgeshire for just £25. Surrounded by beautiful countryside, West View Cottage is a pretty 5 double bedroom property currently being used as a holiday cottage. It is one of 2 properties being given away on the newly revamped Dream Home Competition site.

RSL Art Union's biggest charity house raffle of the year, the $3.6 million Golden Treasure in Australia, is scheduled to end on 18 May. For just A$10 (£6), you could win a stunning block of apartments - that's 6 flats plus a luxury penthouse, all fully furnished! A winner is guaranteed and with a maximum of 1.5 million tickets for sale, this raffle offers better odds than many lotteries.

A number of UK win a house competitions have struggled to take off in recent months. While we've seen winners in other countries, so far 2010 has been relatively quiet in the UK. Although new competitions are launched every month, many UK organisers seem to underestimate what is required to make them a success. Here we offer some points for discussion to try to understand what lies at the heart of this issue.

RSL Art Union are running their exclusive annual Golden Treasure raffle until 18 May. In return for a £6 donation, you could win a penthouse PLUS 6 2-bed apartments in South East Queensland, Australia. Just moments from beautiful beaches and within easy reach of Brisbane, the 1,115 sqm property comes with its own pool, BBQ area and underground parking for 14 cars.