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The Block: Why experts say the numbers ‘don’t stack up’
The Block’s 2025 auction finale delivered a $3.41m winning sale, but two homes failed to sell under the hammer before eventually fetching $2.15m each. Picture: Supplied/Nine.
Channel 9’s The Block has glossed over a staggering $152m property black hole, despite years of multimillion-dollar auction results.
The extraordinary discrepancy highlights how far the cost of the show’s luxury builds can run ahead of what buyers are willing to pay, with potentially disastrous consequences for any mum or dad watching who tried to tackle a build the same way.
A Herald Sun analysis of 18 editions from 2011 to 2025 found the properties fetched a combined $230.3m at auction.
The Block 2026 Auction Day LIVE: Every moment as all five homes go under the hammer in Mount Eliza
Welcome to our live coverage of Auction Day on The Block 2026, where the five Mount Eliza homes will finally go under the hammer.
We'll be covering every moment as it happens, as well as give behind-the-scenes moments from the contestants and judges and unseen reactions you won't get anywhere else.
There’s still hours to go until the main event – which kicks off at 7pm on Channel 9 and 9Now – so who do you think will win? Vote in our poll below, and the winner will be announced here at 6pm.
Please note: This live blog covers events as they happen and may contain spoilers for viewers in WA, SA, NT and QLD.
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