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Home for the Holidays: Realtor.com® and Veterans United Home Loans Launch $200K Veteran Homebuyer Giveaway

Winner will receive $200,000 toward purchase of dream home


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Oct 01, 2018, 12:05 ET

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Realtor.com®, The Home of Home SearchSM, and Veterans United Home Loans announced today the New Home for the Holidays $200K Veteran Homebuyer Giveaway.

"Each day we strive to enhance the lives of Veterans, service members and their families," said Kris Farmer, chief marketing officer at Veterans United, the nation's top VA purchase lender. "At Veterans United, we support our service members in finding a place to call their own, and we acknowledge the commitment and sacrifice they make to allow us to live the American Dream.  We are incredibly proud to team up with realtor.com® once again for the New Home for the Holidays Giveaway to give back to our Veterans and service members."

The New Home for the Holidays Giveaway is the third giveaway on which realtor.com® and Veterans United have collaborated to give back to Veterans and service members.

"Many of our service members and Veterans sacrifice the opportunity to spend the holidays at home with family while in service to our country," said Tricia Smith, senior vice president of channel sales and operations at realtor.com®. "This holiday season, it will be an honor for realtor.com® to have a role in helping a service member with the American dream through the gift of homeownership."

The giveaway is open to qualifying U.S. military service members and U.S. military Veterans, subject to the Official Rules. Entries to the giveaway will be accepted until 11:59 a.m. ET, Nov. 30, 2018, at www.realtor.com/home-holidays-sweepstakes.  

The winner will receive $200,000 (less any tax withholding) at the closing of a home purchase transaction, subject to the Official Rules for the sweepstakes. Full prize details, conditions and sweepstakes rules are available at: www.realtor.com/home-holidays-sweepstakes/rules. 

About realtor.com®
Realtor.com®, The Home of Home SearchSM, offers an extensive inventory of for-sale and rental listings, and access to information, tools and professional expertise that help people move confidently through every step of their home journey. It pioneered the world of digital real estate 20 years ago, and today is the trusted resource for home buyers, sellers and dreamers by making all things home simple, efficient and enjoyable. Realtor.com® is operated by News Corp [Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA] [ASX: NWS, NWSLV] subsidiary Move, Inc. under a perpetual license from the National Association of REALTORS®. For more information, visit realtor.com®.

About Veterans United Home Loans
Based in Columbia, Mo., Veterans United is a full-service national lender that financed more than $10.2 billion in loans in 2017. Its mission is to help Veterans and service members take advantage of the home loan benefits earned by their service. In 2018, Veterans United was named No. 32 of the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For, according to Great Place to Work® and Fortune Magazine. It was also named No. 2 on the 2018 list of the 30 Best Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance by Fortune and Great Place to Work®. The company's employee-driven charitable arm, Veterans United Foundation, is committed to enhancing the lives of Veterans and military families nationwide by focusing on supporting military families and nonprofit organizations that strengthen local communities. Veterans United Home Loans and its employees have raised more than $46 million for the Foundation since its founding in November 2011. Learn more at EnhanceLives.com. Veterans United and Veterans United Home Loans are tradenames of Mortgage Research Center, LLC, which is a VA-approved lender but is not affiliated with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs or any government agency.  1400 Veterans United Drive, Columbia, MO 65203 | Equal Housing Lender | Mortgage licensee – NMLS# 1907 (nmlsconsumeraccess.org) 1-800-884-5560. Licensed in all 50 states.

About the Giveaway
Veterans United is the sponsor of the sweepstakes, and has retained realtor.com® to support the sweepstakes with hosting, administration and promotion services.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.  The Veterans United Home Loans and Realtor.com® New Home for the Holidays $200K Veteran Homebuyer Giveaway sweepstakes starts 10/1/2018 (12:01 p.m., Eastern Time) and ends 11/30/2018 (11:59 a.m., Eastern Time). Open to qualifying U.S. military service members and U.S. military veterans who are domiciled in the U.S. and are at least the age of majority in their place of domicile, be it 18 or an older age.  One entry per person per allowed method (maximum of 5 entries per person, total).  Prize is US $200,000 for, or toward, the purchase of a home in the U.S., but may be subject to tax withholding.  Prize awarded by random drawing. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. See Official Rules for how to enter, prize details, restrictions and other conditions and requirements. Sponsor:  Mortgage Research Center, LLC, d/b/a Veterans United Home Loans, 1400 Veterans United Drive, Columbia, MO  65203.

Contact:
Realtor.com®
Tammy Lee – [email protected]

Veterans United
Chris Cline – [email protected]

SOURCE realtor.com

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