lsl property services plc reported wednesday a record financial performance for 2021 which enables the company to continue investing in its outlook to deliver its ambitious growth strategy the londonlisted company posted a pretax profit of 699 million pounds 912 million compared with gbp209 million for the same period a year earlier as it achieved growth in each of its core businesses underlying pretax profit rose 40 to gbp493 million reaching a record for the company it said the board has declared a final dividend of 74 pence a share we expect 2022 financial performance to benefit from continued growth in financial services in a more challenging housing market demonstrating reduced cyclicality of earnings the company said