By Laura McGuire LSL Property Services, one of the largest providers of mortgage and valuation services, appears to be on the up, following an improvement in the UK’s housing and mortgage market. In January and February of this year, group underlying operating profit has so far managed to climb ahead of the board’s previous expectations and is around £7.5m ahead of the same period in 2023 and around £2.5m above 2022. The company, which owns Your Move and Reeds Rains estate agencies, was forced to warn on its profits last year after “significant changes in the mortgage market” such as high-inte…