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Look4aProperty.com chairman James Caan talks about his visit to Grantham and the launch of Look4aProperty Money with Newton Fallowell.

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James Caan in Grantham

James Caan uses launch of new billion pound property fund as Labour’s HIPs scheme is postponed

Serial entrepreneur and television star James Caan says the Government’s quick thinking in axing Labour’s controversial HIPs scheme is a step in the right direction.

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Caan, who was in the East Midlands to launch the second phase of his billion pound interest free loan scheme, welcomed today’s announcement by housing minister Grant Schapps.

“This is good news for people desperate to move up the property ladder. The HIPs scheme was a major barrier to fluidity in the housing market,” says Caan. “I believe this is a wise move by the Government and will bring much needed liquidity back.”

James Caan’s billion pound fund, called Look4aProperty|money, offers interest free loans to people buying or selling property.

Caan’s business partner in the venture, Aaron Turner, the CEO of Look4aProperty.com, says: “HIPs have proved to be prohibitive to property coming onto the market and movements within the markets is what is needed by the UK economy at this time.”

Despite ultra low interest rates the housing market has been frozen by fear since the economic crisis first gripped the country in 2007.

Caan, who runs a number of property investment businesses, says people have been holding back because they feel they aren’t able to fund many of those unavoidable expenses associated with buying and selling property.

“These items represent an expense too far for many people. The Look4aProperty|money product is designed to remove that obstacle,” says Caan.

The scheme is available to anyone through a network of estate agents who have signed up to the fund across the UK.

Interest free loan scheme from Caan the Dragon extended to sellers

Dragon Den star James Caan has launched a second major initiative to pump life into the UK housing market.

Last year Caan’s property portal, Look4aProperty.com launched a £1bn fund to offer interest free loans to people desperate to get on to the property ladder.  It is designed to help people afford stamp duty, legal fees and other expenses linked to buying a home.

Look4aProperty | Money Seller Poster

The idea has proved so successful look4aProperty is now funding a similar scheme to help property sellers.

The Dragon’s Den star is launching the new initiative at Newton Fallowell, a leading estate agency chain based in Mrs Thatcher’s former constituency, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

“We’ve had impressive take-up across the country from people wanting to borrow that extra money to cover the costs of moving or buying their first home. Now we are providing loans – interest free to people wanting to sell,” says Caan.

“It was the obvious next step to give the country’s housing market a boost. We set out to bring liquidity to the market. To do that, we need people buying and selling.

Despite ultra low interest rates the housing market has been frozen by fear since the economic crisis gripped the country in 2007.

Caan, who runs a number of property investment businesses, says people have been holding back because feel they aren’t able to fund many of those unavoidable expenses associated with buying and selling property. “These items represent an expense too far for many people. Look4aProperty|money product is designed to remove that obstacle.

The scheme is available to anyone through a network of estate agents who have signed up to the fund across the UK.

Despite signs that property prices are rising – one report from the Nationwide put the rise in the last year at 10 per cent – the market is not moving. Caan believes the more incentives to inject some liquidity into the market the more the economy will benefit.

Look4aProperty.com Chairman, James Caan, is to join the esteemed judging panel for The Negotiator Awards 2010.

James Caan with Gordon Brown

James (pictured with the Prime Minister) is most famous for being a Dragon on the BBC’s business start-up show, Dragons’ Den. James is also founder of West London-based private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw, which has a portfolio of companies with a combined turnover of more than £400m, plus a property investment portfolio valued at £35m.

James was appointed Chairman of Look4aProperty.com in 2009 and is helping to kick-start the housing marketing with the successful roll-out of the Look4aProperty | Money funding products.

Caan is one of 11 judges on the panel for the most prestigious event of the residential agency calender, The Negotiator Awards 2010. Each of the industry experts will be tasked with judging readers’ submissions and nominating the potential winners for each of the award categories, which will cover all aspects of agency, from sales, lettings and land and new homes to auctions, block management and marketing.

Hosted in London’s glamorous ballroom at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane in London, The Negotiator Awards 2010 will once again help celebrate the excellence demonstrated by agents and firms in at least each of these areas over the last year.

This year’s event promises to be even bigger than the hugely successful ceremonies enjoyed by more than 500 guests in each of the last two years.

For the latest awards news see the printed edition of The Negotiator, as well as their weekly e-newsletters and on Twitter.

The award categories will be printed in the next issue of the magazine, out on March 19, along with the official entry form. A dedicated awards page will also be created on their website, www.negotiator-magazine.co.uk.

The production of our new Look4aProperty | Money “a boards” means that you may be bumping into our Chairman, James Caan, down your local high street soon.

The new a-boards are available to all Look4aProperty | Money members to help promote their businesses as part of our new £1 billion initiative to help kick-start the UK housing market.

Buyers: Move Now Pay Later

Sellers: Move Now Pay Later

Photos taken outside of Parson Estate Agent’s office in Diss, Norfolk.

The Look4aProperty | Money loans will be made available through a select number of nationwide estate agents including Parson Estate Agents based in Diss,

Please find below the design for a new estate agency Look4aProperty.com window sticker.

Dimensions of the sticker are 19cm (wide) by 24cm (tall).

If any member agent would like to order some of these stickers please contact the office.

Look4aProperty.com Window Sticker