The business was set up in the late 1980s by leading UK insurers, General Accident, who moved into estate agency as a means of acquiring high street presence for the sale of financial services.
In November 1999, following the General Accident and Commercial Union merger and subsequent acquisition of Norwich Union, the estate agency business was rebranded to Your Move and the valuation and survey business was rebranded to e.surv. – now one of the UK’s largest chartered surveyors.
In 2004, as part of a management buyout from Norwich Union, the parent company Lending Solutions was formed. In November 2006 LSL Property Services was created from Lending Solutions and floated on the UK Stock Market.