Ch9 crisis: Rip-off The Block prices bust up show

The Block host Scott Cam has been pushing the contestants all season. The Block stars will need to sell their properties for more than double the suburb median if they hope to take home any cash at all. Contestants on The Block make money at auction by keeping every dollar their houses sell for above the reserve price. That challenge for season 22 couples just got harder after The Block host Shelley Craft revealed the huge reserve prices for every property when they go to auction in a matter of weeks. The latest season of The Block is located in Mount Eliza on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Craft announced all five homes had the same reserve of $3,450,000, a whopping 100 per cent increase on Mount Eliza’s median home price of $1,720,000 according to realestate.com.au quarterly data. The luxury homes will cost more than double the Mount Eliza median. While The Block normally reveals price ranges for the homes each season, the reality juggernaut has never publicly announced reserve prices ahead of auction. The huge change in 2026 is a result of sweeping legislation changes in Victoria that force sellers and real estate agents to disclose reserve pries at least seven days before auc...