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Full Coverage of the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway

All About HGTV's Dream Home Giveaway

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One of the biggest sweepstakes of the year is the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway, where the Home and Garden Television channel builds an amazing house on the air, asks their viewers' opinions about how to place and decorate it, and then gives the finished product away, along with extras like a brand new car, to a lucky sweepstakes entrant. Here, you can find all of the coverage of this big giveaway in one convenient location.

1. What is the HGTV Dream Home Sweepstakes?

Find a basic rundown of the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway, including the background that you need to understand why so many people look forward to this sweepstakes all year round.

2. All About the 2010 Dream Home in New Mexico

Read all about the amazing prize that will be given away in the 2010 HGTV Dream Home Sweepstakes. Includes details of its New Mexico location, the layout of the home, and much more.

3. How Does HGTV Choose Winners?

Have you ever wondered how HGTV picks winners, when entries are allowed both online and by mail? Find out the details here!

4. Paying Taxes on the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway

If you're a U.S. citizen, any big sweepstakes win also comes with a big tax hit. Could the taxes turn the HGTV Dream Home into a personal nightmare? Is the giveaway still worth entering, even if you can't pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes? The answer is YES, it's definitely worth entering! Find out why in this article.

5. Interview with an HGTV Dream Home Winner

Is entering the Dream Home Sweepstakes really worthwhile when the taxes on the prize are so high? What does it really feel like to be a winner? Find out in my one-on-one interview with Don Cruz, the man who won the 2005 HGTV Dream Home in Tyler, Texas and lived in this gorgeous mansion for three years.

6. Past HGTV Dream Home Giveaway Winners

Here, you can read about HGTV Dream Home giveaways in the past, including the types of homes awarded and the lucky winners of each giveaway. Get a real feeling for the excitement of this big sweepstakes!

7. 2009 HGTV Dream Home Winner Announcement

HGTV surprised one lucky person at her home with the amazing news that she had just won the 2009 HGTV Dream Home! Read all about who it was and how she reacted.

8. 2009 HGTV Dream Home Background

Everything you need to know about the 2009 HGTV Dream Home, including background about its location, how the Dream Home will be laid out, special amenities, and links to relevant information, floor plans, and videos from the HGTV website.

9. Walk Through the 2009 HGTV Dream Home, Room by Room

The 2009 HGTV Dream Home is one of the most beautiful houses that HGTV has created yet. See images of the interior and exterior living areas of the Dream Home, along with a description of what makes each room special.

10. Take a Look Inside the HGTV 2008 Dream Home

See pictures and read descriptions of some of the most beautiful rooms in the HGTV 2008 Dream Home. Not only can you start dreaming about what it might be like to live in those very rooms, but you might be able to glean some tips that you could apply to your own home, whether you win or not.

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