LSL

LSL Property Services plc operates in the UK and owns the second largest estate agency group (584 Branches) including Your Move and Reeds Rains. They are also the UK’s largest letting agent (476 Branches) and the largest residential surveying group with esurv, Barnwoods and Chancellors Associates.

LSL’s Corporate Services include LSL Corporate Client Department, St Trinity and Templeton LPA. These companies specialise in working with lenders, funds, investors and other corporate entities providing advice and services relating to residential property. These include acquisition, lettings and management and disposal by various methods.

LSL is one of the leading residential property services companies in the UK and provides a broad range of services to its customers who are principally mortgage lenders, as well as buyers and sellers of residential properties. LSL’s main operations are its surveying business, which operates under the e.surv, Chancellors Associates and Barnwoods brands, its estate agency business, which operates under the YOUR MOVE and Reeds Rains brands, and its financial services business.

LSL’s core businesses are derived from the acquisitions which General Accident made between 1985 and 1988 when it acquired estate agency branches through acquisitions of local and regional estate agency chains, some of which included surveying operations. The estate agency operations were rebranded as General Accident Property Services and the surveying operations were rebranded General Accident Valuation Services.

In November 1999 the estate agency business was rebranded as YOUR MOVE and the surveying business was rebranded as e.surv. In 2000 General Accident merged with Commercial Union before the final merger with Norwich Union.

In July 2004, YOUR MOVE and e.surv were bought from Norwich Union by the management team, supported by Barclays Private Equity. Since the management buy out the LSL group has grown and now includes: Home Inspectors, Linear Mortgage Network, Reeds Rains, Barnwoods, Chancellors Associates and Linear Financial Services.

Linear

This financial services business provides services to independent estate agents.

YOUR MOVE

YOUR MOVE offers financial services within its branch network.

Reeds Rains

Reeds Rains offers financial services within its branch network.

First Complete

First Complete is a call centre operation arranging general insurance products for customers referred by third parties, including members of the LSL group. First Complete also trades as LSL Corporate Client Department operating as a repossession asset management business and a corporate residential property management businesses for multi property landlords