A few years ago, you couldn’t turn on the TV without accidentally landing on a real estate reality show. We had shows like The Block, Backyard Blitz, Renovation Rescue, Room For Improvement, Ground Force, Auction Squad, Our House and Hot Property constantly in our face back around 2004, but all of a sudden, they disappeared. Real Estate was no longer fashionable… well, at least, ‘renovating for profit’ was no longer in vogue. A few shows lingered, but focused more on the ‘handyman’ side of the show rather than the renovations.
Skip forward to 2010. This week we see the launch of Under the Hammer on Channel 7 and the new series of Michael Caton’s Hot Property of Channel 9. Also coming this year is a return series of The Block, to be hosted by Scott Cam, and an all new show to find Australia’s best agent – Real Estate The Edge.
So, is property back? Or are the eastern state real estate agents just teaming up with the TV companies to produce low budget shows that might get people interested in property and get them to put their hands up at auctions? Either way, I’m looking forward to have something else to watch besides the current all singing, all dancing and all cooking reality TV that’s been the recent flavour.
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