Updated November 2, 2026. The Block’s 2026 auction finale produced a clean sweep: all five Mount Eliza, Victoria, homes sold above their final A$3.45 million reserves. Courtney and Sev finished first with House 4, which sold for A$4.72 million and cleared its reserve by A$1.27 million. Across all five teams, the reported margins above reserve total A$3.547 million.
The date and time need one distinction. Nine promoted the televised finale for Sunday, November 1, at 7:00 p.m. on Channel 9 and 9Now. In Melbourne that date was Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT, UTC+11), so the listed broadcast time converts to 08:00 UTC on November 1. The broadcast was not the on-site auction time: Domain says the auctions are not live, usually happen on a Saturday, and that the official 2026 auction start time was not confirmed. The five properties were in Mount Eliza, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
The table below ranks teams by their reported profit above reserve. All figures are Australian dollars. The auction-order column shows the order the properties went under the hammer, not their house numbers.
| Rank | Team and house | Auction order | Reserve | Sold for | Above reserve |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courtney and Sev, House 4 | 2 | A$3,450,000 | A$4,720,000 | A$1,270,000 |
| 2 | Rick and Tayla, House 5 | 5 | A$3,450,000 | A$4,355,000 | A$905,000 |
| 3 | Lisa and Rosco, House 3 | 3 | A$3,450,000 | A$4,000,000 | A$550,000 |
| 4 | Adam and Jolene, House 1 | 1 | A$3,450,000 | A$3,905,000 | A$455,000 |
| 5 | Chantel and Wyatt, House 2 | 4 | A$3,450,000 | A$3,817,000 | A$367,000 |
Domain’s post-auction results report lists all five sale prices, the common A$3.45 million reserve, and each team’s margin. The arithmetic is straightforward: sale price minus reserve. For example, A$4.72 million minus A$3.45 million gives Courtney and Sev’s A$1.27 million result. Each figure in the final column uses that same calculation.
The most direct measure is the five-out-of-five sell-through: no home was reported as passed in, and every winning bid exceeded reserve. That is a strong result for this group of properties and for the contestants’ show-defined earnings. The margins ranged from A$367,000 to A$1.27 million, with a A$365,000 gap between the top two teams. Since all five reserves were equal, the highest sale price also produced the largest margin, so Courtney and Sev won on both measures.
House 4 drew 17 registered bidders, the most reported for any one Block property, according to Domain. The article also describes a last-minute change to the auction sequence: House 4 moved up to second, while House 2 went fourth. That is useful context when watching the finale, but the published results cannot establish that the order change caused any team’s price. One auction day does not isolate the effect of sequence from property features, buyer preferences, bidder competition, or timing.
The spread is also worth reading carefully. Rick and Tayla ranked second with A$905,000 above reserve, while Lisa and Rosco followed at A$550,000. Adam and Jolene’s House 1 opened the sequence and returned A$455,000 over reserve. Chantel and Wyatt finished fifth by the show’s profit ranking, but their House 2 still sold A$367,000 above reserve. “Fifth” therefore means lowest among these five margins, not a failed sale or a loss relative to the published reserve.
Courtney and Sev’s A$1.27 million above-reserve result was the largest auction margin. Domain also reports a A$100,000 winner’s prize and an inaugural A$500,000 Plungie prize pool. The Plungie package included non-cash items such as a car, boat, caravan, and Rolex watches, plus A$50,000 in cash. Adding the auction margin and the two stated prize values produces the widely reported A$1.87 million headline total, but that sum is not the same as A$1.87 million in cash from the auction. A reader comparing take-home money should separate the sale margin, cash awards, and estimated value of goods.
The table’s profit is a program result measured against the reserve. It is not a complete statement of each team’s personal net proceeds or a property investor’s return. The published table does not itemize construction spending, taxes, finance costs, selling expenses, holding costs, or how any other show-related payments were treated. It also does not provide a comparable-market valuation for every home.
For the question “Who won the auction finale?” the useful checks are the sale price, final reserve, margin above reserve, and whether the home sold. For “Was this a good real-estate investment?” change the yardstick: look for independent comparable sales in Mount Eliza, then compare land, floor area, condition, timing, transaction costs, and actual ownership expenses. The TV result alone cannot answer that second question.
Nine’s official finale announcement gives the Sunday, November 1, 7:00 p.m. Channel 9 and 9Now listing, identifies the teams, and lists the five homes at Mackillop Place in Mount Eliza. For the broadcast-time conversion, Invest Victoria describes Melbourne’s summer setting as AEDT, 11 hours ahead of UTC. Domain’s auction-date and timing explainer clarifies that the program is not a live auction and says the exact 2026 on-site start time was not confirmed. These sources support the result breakdown and the time distinction; they do not establish the teams’ full after-tax net earnings.
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