Win a house: Alberta homeowners trying to sell properties with essay contest

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Albertans struggling to enter the real-estate market have at least two chances to win a home this year.

A house south of Calgary and a historic bed and breakfast near the United States border, both valued at about $1.7 million, are up for grabs.Owners of the two properties are among many in the province affected by a slumping real-estate market. Homes are listed for months without a single offer.

"The market is so low that I wasn't even getting a single offer," Wagner says. "It was very painful to watch."Wagner came up with a contest late last year called "Write a Letter, Win a House." It asks people to explain how owning the home could change their lives. She set an entry fee at $25 and hoped to receive 65,000 entries to cover her investment in the house.

Heather Holmen with the commission says it determined its gaming rules don't apply to such a contest. The agency only has oversight on eligible licensed gaming activities. Marsha and Ivan Negrych had tried to sell their bed and breakfast so they can retire and continue raising two grandsons with special needs."Chasing after two little boys and working a large restaurant, a bed and breakfast, and the large grounds is just too much," Marsha Negrych says.The contest for the 7,000-square-foot property, which is designated as an Alberta Historic Resource, started May 1 and runs until Oct. 31. The couple set the entry fee at $100.

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