Civil development costs have surged in Brisbane, putting increased pressure on house prices – and it could get worse before it gets better.

The costs cover everything that needs to be done on a block of land before construction begins, including connecting utilities such as sewerage and electricity, laying roads, completing earthworks, and paying government charges.

Data reveals the cost of completing those invisible-but-necessary steps for the average block of land in south-east Queensland has climbed to $180,230.

The average cost of prepping a block to build a house in south-east Queensland is up about 80 per cent since the pandemic. Credit: Nine News

That represents an increase of about 80 per cent since the pandemic, and 7.7 per cent from just 12 months ago, when the average co

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