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 Revived Real Estate Market Pushing Economy in South Florida

September 18, 2013 

Revived Real Estate Market Pushing Economy in South Florida

New output numbers released Tuesday show real estate as the No. 1 contributor to economic growth last year, accounting for 31 cents of every new dollar added to the tri-county area's $274 billion economy. Overall, the economy grew by 3.5 percent, the sharpest increase since 2006 and well ahead of the national metropolitan average of…