LSL Property Services plc 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.
History
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, Homefast, Barnwoods, Chancellors Associates and Linear Financial Services.
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