• For The Block NZ contestants, it’s a shot at fortune and fleeting reality TV fame.

But the biggest winners from the show have been the house buyers – thanks to Auckland’s rampant property market.

Savvy investors who bought the homes at auction have leveraged off the programme’s popularity and the city’s rising real estate prices.

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The contestants from series four ‘Villa Wars’ have ensured the buyers of their homes were sitting on a good investment.