Experience the buzz of a live auction at ILM Conference 2026

We are delighted to announce that our valued Corporate Partner, and premium conference sponsor, Probate.Auction, will once again be hosting a live property auction at this year’s conference.

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ILM: What do you hope delegates will take away from the sessions?

P.A: Clarity. Auctions are still one of the most misunderstood parts of the property market. People often assume they’re only for distressed sales or bargain hunters – only ever used as a last resort, and for unmodernised properties, this is a mistake. When you actually see competitive bidding happening in real time, it changes that perception very quickly.

For legacy teams responsible for protecting estate value, certainty and speed matter enormously. Auction can provide both.

ILM: After the success of last year’s conference, what did you take away from the experience?

P.A: The biggest thing we took away was just how powerful it is to make the process real – the response was amazing and we’re really excited to have this opportunity once again.

Many of the delegates told us they’d never been to an auction before. When the hammer fell and the room burst into applause, it was a brilliant moment and it showed that once people see auctions working properly, the penny drops very quickly.

ILM: Will there be anything new for this year’s sessions?

P.A: Yes – we want to make it even more interactive. Last year sparked some fantastic conversations after the auction finished. This time we’ll spend more time unpacking what delegates have just seen and discussing how auctions can be used strategically in probate and legacy property sales.

ILM: For members who may not be familiar with Probate.Auction, what do they need to know about you?

P.A: Probate.Auction is the UK’s first auction house dedicated exclusively to probate and estate-led property sales. We work with probate solicitors, legacy teams and executors who need to sell inherited homes – usually the sorts of properties that haven’t been touched for years. The doer-uppers, the empty houses, the ones with dated kitchens, tired interiors or a few complications that make them harder to shift through the usual estate agency route.

Our job is to take those properties and create the right conditions for buyers to compete. Through a structured auction process we market them nationally, attract serious investors and developers, and then bring everyone together on a fixed day where the bidding happens openly. The key difference is certainty. When the hammer falls, contracts are exchanged immediately. There’s no chain, no months of negotiation and no wondering whether a buyer might disappear halfway through the process.

For estates and charities especially, that clarity matters. Executors want resolution, beneficiaries want progress and legacy teams need funds released so the work those gifts were intended to support can actually begin. Auction gives them a clear route to that outcome.

ILM: Anything else you would like to add?

P.A: The ILM Conference brings together some incredibly thoughtful people doing important work.

Legacy teams are responsible for turning gifts in wills into real-world impact. If we can help them unlock more value from property and do it faster and with greater certainty, then we’re very proud to play a small part in that.

Nick Kalms, CEO

Russell Taylor, Managing Director & Auctioneer

Dan Marsden, Head of Partnerships

Corin Holness, Corporate Relationship Director

Isaac Segalov, Associate Director

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