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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

Look4AProperty.com hires UK’s leading property brains

One of the UK’s leading property websites, Look4AProperty.com, has snapped up two of the UK’s top property business brains.

The website, which is chaired by James Caan, star of Dragon’s Den, has hired Rob Sendall, former CEO of The Live Organisation and Tim Burchell, former owner of Burchell Edwards, the largest independent estate agency chain in the Midlands.

James Caan, chairman of Look4AProperty.com and its interest-free loan product, Look4AProperty | Money, says he is delighted to have secured the new talent.

“Tim brings significant knowledge and expertise in the world of estate agency,” says Caan.

“We plan to put this to good use as we continue to roll out Look4AProperty | Money across the UK.”

“Rob is a respected industry figure with more than 20 years experience, and all the team here are very much looking forward to working with him.”

Tim Burchell, who will be bringing his experience as an estate agent with him, says he is delighted to be joining the Look4AProperty.com team.

“Look4AProperty.com has grown so much as a website and a business, and the fantastic Look4AProperty | Money initiative will transform the industry as we know it,” says Burchell.

“I am delighted to be involved.”

Rob Sendall will be bringing his expertise on property services to the business.

“Look4AProperty | Money is the most exciting initiative to hit the housing market for years,” says Sendall.

“Estate agents, buyers and sellers will all benefit from the cash injection – and I was delighted to be asked to bring my experience in to the project.”

Look4AProperty.com | Money is a fund of more than £1bn which will be used for interest-free loans. These can be used to help buyers and sellers cover unavoidable costs like stamp duty, legal fees, estate agent fees, HIPs* and mortgage fees.

The fund is already available for buyers and sellers in Sheffield and East Anglia, thanks to partnerships with Parson Estate Agents and Blundells. Further launches are expected across the country over the coming months.

James Caan on how his new Look4aProperty | Money venture is helping to stimulate the housing market in Sheffield and North Derbyshire with the help of Blundells Estate agents.

Please click on the image below to read the full interview (PDF, 1.8mb) with James Caan, Chairman of Look4aProperty.com, in the Star Business Monthly.

James Caan Stimulates the Housing Market

Listen to James Caan, Charman of Look4aProperty discussing the new Look4aProperty | Money product.

James Caan, entrepreneur, star of Dragon’s Den and Look4aProperty.com Chairman was in Sheffield last week to help launch Blundells Assist funded by Look4aProperty Money.

Listen to an audio interview of James Caan, at the launch, by clickling the play icon above.

James cuts the ribbon!

The day was a great success with James completing more than 3 hours of back-to-back media interviews. We would like to thank both Blundells and HR Media for their fantastic hospitality and organising a challenging itinerary that passed-off faultlessly. James concluded interviews with BBC Radio Sheffield in addition to the local printed press.

The photo was taken at Blundells Campo Lane branch where James helped to officially launch Blundells Assist by cutting the ribbon!

James also met a number of home buyers and sellers who have chosen to use Blundells Assist to facilitate their move. More than one couple reiterated to James that they would not have been able to fund their move if it was not for the additional money made available by this new scheme.

Look4aProperty.com/money, is a fund of more than £1billion which will be used to finance interest-free loans though selected estate agents to help buyers and sellers cover unavoidable costs like estate agent fees, stamp duty, legal fees and HIPs*.

Additional Blundells Launch Photos

Mike Blundell (Founder, Blundells), James Caan (Chairman, Look4aProperty), Aaron Turner (CEO, Look4aProperty) and Steve Hinshelwood (Director, Blundells)

Blundells Directors and James Caan (Chairman, Look4aProperty)

Aaron Turner (CEO, Look4aProperty), James Caan (Chairman, Look4aProperty)

Listen to James Caan, Chairman of Look4aProperty.com talking about Look4aProperty | Money, the property market and his wider investment strategy.

Blundells to launch interest free loans with the man who Caan

Blundells Estate Agents

Leading Sheffield estate agent Blundells is the first in the North of England to launch ‘Dragon’ James Caan’s interest-free loan scheme for buyers and sellers.

Look4aProperty.com | Money is a fund of more than £1billion which will be used to finance interest-free loans. These can be used to help buyers and sellers cover unavoidable costs like estate agent fees, stamp duty, legal fees and HIPs*.

The loans are only available through selected estate agents, and Blundells is the first in Yorkshire to sign-up.

Steve Hinshelwood, Blundells Director says he is delighted to be launching the partnership.

“This initiative gives home buyers and sellers another way of getting on to the property ladder,” says Hinshelwood.

“It will stimulate the housing marking across Sheffield and North Derbyshire, which will be a great boost to the sector.

“To be the first agent to launch this scheme in Yorkshire is a great honour for us and we are looking forward to developing our relationship with Look4aProperty.com | Money.”

James Caan, chairman of Look4aProperty.com | Money will be announcing further initiatives to get the market moving in early 2010.

James Caan and Aaron Turner

“We are delighted to start rolling out our Money product and to get the cheques written,” says Caan.

“This product will help buyers and sellers all over the UK to finally move into the home they want – and that will help stimulate our struggling economy.”

Aaron Turner, CEO of Look4aProperty.com | Money says the loans will give real hope to hundreds of thousands of people.

“Regulations are so tight now that people need to save huge sums just to cover their deposits,” says Turner.

“That leaves very little leftover for additional and unavoidable costs. This initiative will give people the flexibility to move now, and pay later on an interest-free basis.”

ENDS

*The HIP loan is a deferred loan over a 10 (ten) month period. The principle sum and the interest will be payable in one payment at the end of the term.

About Look4aProperty.com | Money

Look4aProperty.com | Money allows potential buyers or tenants to search for the right home, using properties submitted by estate agents up and down the country. The site features over 200,000 UK sale and rental properties as well as properties from Overseas. Unlike similar sites, Look4AProperty.com is not tied to, owned or affiliated with any estate agency company, or any other property company or media group.

Parson Estate Agents win 3 instructions in 3 days from rival agents thanks to Look4aProperty | Money

Look4aProperty.com | Money is a £1billion fund which will be used by both home buyers and home sellers in the form of interest-free loans.

The loans can be used to help buyers and sellers cover the unavoidable costs of moving property such as Hips, legal fees, Stamp Duty and estate agency fees.

The loans are being made available through a select number of nationwide estate agents. One of the first licensed members, Parson Estate Agents based in Diss, Norfolk launched the product during the first week of 2010 to great success.

Parson Estate Agents

Kevin Parson, FNAEA, founder of Parson Estate Agents in Diss and Harleston says:

‘What a great product!

In the first 3 days we have achieved 3 instructions – and this before our main marketing campaign has started!

With James Caan fronting the L4AP, clients  have so far recognised this is a very credible scheme and are very interested to participate.

With interest free credit it makes the client finances just so much easier and attractive to enable them to buy and sell.’