Some predict the TV show will lose money this season as investors exit property and contestants face ‘a buyer’s market’ at auction

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Channel Nine’s hit series The Block could be caught in the firing line of Victoria’s flat housing market and investor woes, with one expert predicting the show will make a loss this year.

The properties in the seaside township of Cowes, on Phillip Island, are set to go under the hammer on Saturday.