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It wasn’t always like this.

There was a time when reality TV show The Block mirrored, yes, reality. But that was a long time ago.

The 2025 season of the show, and the way it went out with a whimper rather than a bang, appears to be more about TV greed, than illustrating what is really happening out there in the real world of real estate.

After 2024’s series went all out with its own overripe take on Married At First Sight’s bogan blow-ups on steroids – and jumped the proverbial shark in the process – the big question was what would come next.

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This time the show’s producers set sky high reserve prices for the homes prior to auction, in their highly ambitious yet terribly misguided quest for TV (ratings) gold.

But those sale pric

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