4 Jan 2007 07:00
LSL Property Services04 January 2007 For Immediate Release 4 January 2007 LSL Property Services plc ("LSL" or "the Company") Pre-Close Trading Update LSL, a leading provider of residential property services, incorporating estateagency brands Your Move and Reeds Rains and surveying brands e.surv andChancellors Associates, is today providing a pre-close trading update for theyear ended 31 December 2006. The Company is due to announce its preliminaryresults on the 7 March 2007. The UK housing market has been relatively strong in the last quarter of 2006 andboth the surveying and estate agency businesses have performed well. Accordingly, the results for the full year will be slightly ahead of ourexpectations at the time of the Company's listing in November 2006. Simon Embley, CEO of LSL commented: "Following our successful flotation, we are pleased with our trading performancein 2006, which provides a strong platform for us to deliver future growth bycontinuing to grow market share and profitability of our core surveying, estateagency and financial services businesses and through selective acquisitions." For further information please contact: Simon Embley, Chief ExecutiveDean Fielding, Group Finance DirectorLSL Property Services 01904 715 324Richard Darby, Nicola CronkBuchanan Communications 020 7466 5000 Notes to editors: LSL Property Services plc is one of the leading residential property servicescompanies in the UK and provides a broad range of services to its customers whoare principally mortgage lenders, as well as buyers and sellers of residentialproperties. LSL's main operations are its surveying business, which operatesunder the e.surv and Chancellors Associates brands, its estate agency business,which operates under the YOUR MOVE and Reeds Rains brands, and its financialservices business. For further information, please visit our website: www.lslps.co.uk This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange