Rule 8.3 - HOMESERVE

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              HOMESERVE
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.125
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               10 August 2007

2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

(a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)

                            Long                     Short

                      Number       (%)         Number       (%)

(1) Relevant         1,171,443   1.80%       104,957      0.16%
securities
(2) Derivatives        351,469   0.54%       456,582      0.70%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0      0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total                1,522,912   2.34%       561,539      0.86%

(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                    Long                     Short
relevant
security:

                  Number              (%)   Number              (%)

(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


  (c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      2,913                17.6229
Purchase      1,302                17.8302
Purchase      1,312                17.5272
Purchase      349                  17.7200
Purchase      607                  17.5386
Sale          747                  18.2952
Sale          1,399                18.1407
Sale          4,740                18.6978
Sale          4,657                17.6715
Sale          291                  18.0582
Sale          3,785                17.6630
Sale          3,316                17.7561
Sale          8,138                17.5225
Sale          15,767               18.6398

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             securities     Unit
CFD            Short         2870          17.3822
CFD            Short         11349         17.4873
CFD            Short         3801          17.5076
CFD            Short         1312          17.5271
CFD            Short         2913          17.6228
CFD            Short         349           17.72
CFD            Short         1302          17.8301
CFD            Long          1126          17.4165
CFD            Long          8138          17.5224
CFD            Long          1129          17.5686
CFD            Long          3785          17.6629
CFD            Long          4657          17.6715
CFD            Long          3316          17.756
CFD            Long          3631          17.8382
CFD            Long          291           18.0581
CFD            Long          1399          18.1406
CFD            Long          747           18.2952
CFD            Long          15767         18.6397
CFD            Long          4740          18.6977

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry   Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date     paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.            per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)


(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)




(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)




4.   OTHER INFORMATION
None

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.




Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         13 August 2007
Contact name                               BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)