County's £230k Xmas giveaway

Top prizes include an Orient Express experience, a laptop and software, a space shuttle launch, a New York shopping trip, and a Monaco Grand Prix experience.

Other prizes include a dozen bottles of quality wine, £125 gift vouchers of your choice, luxury Christmas hampers, dvd players and three films, a day out at a top health farm, stunt flying for a day and a digital camera.

The Whiteley, Hampshire-based company is spending £230,000 on the competition, which it believes could be the most lucrative of 2003.

David Wylie, Managing Director of County Mortgages, said: 'We are investing a lot in this year's competition, which must be one of the most generous in the mortgage industry. '

All cases must be accompanied by County's application fee and meet the lender's initial underwriting criteria. The competition runs from now until November 28, 2003.