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               14 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         1,197,564   1.84%        76,888      0.12%
securities
(2) Derivatives        315,708   0.49%        441,261     0.68%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0      0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total               1,513,272    2.33%       518,149      0.80%

(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      339                  17.5512
Purchase      140                  17.4808
Purchase      854                  17.4584
Purchase      673                  17.4955
Purchase      2,763                17.3031
Purchase      1,493                17.4058
Purchase      2,313                17.3357
Purchase      778                  17.0783
Sale          2,251                17.5445
Sale          698                  17.4984
Sale          8,304                17.0793
Sale          673                  17.4955
Sale          339                  17.5512
Sale          5,612                17.0370
Sale          1,712                17.4410

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name   Long/Short    Number of     Price per
                             securities     Unit
CFD            Short         2763          17.303
CFD            Short         2313          17.3356
CFD            Short         1493          17.4057
CFD            Short         854           17.4584
CFD            Short         140           17.4807
CFD            Short         673           17.4956
CFD            Short         339           17.5513
CFD            Long          8304          17.0792
CFD            Long          1712          17.441
CFD            Long          698           17.4984
CFD            Long          2251          17.5444

(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                         15 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)