We were enthused to see the recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis that states for the third year in a row (during 2014) South Florida’s economy outpaced the U.S. average.
Goods and services produced in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties grew three percent last year, compared with a 2.3 percent average increase in 381 U.S. metro areas that were surveyed. Overall, the South Florida economy grew from $283 billion in 2013 to $299 billion in 2014.
Of course, real estate was one of the economic drivers, which was nice to see. New construction accounted for 0.2 percent of the area’s economic growth.
South Florida’s second-highest economic increase was in professional and business services, adding 0.79 percent to last year’s economic growth.
Did you know that South Florida has the 12th largest economy in the nation? The region is just behind Seattle and Atlanta and is ahead of Detroit and Minneapolis. For your information, New York has the largest economy of the 381 metro areas that were surveyed, followed by Los Angeles.
Apparently, if you listen to economist William B. Stronge, South Florida is not done with its growth either.
“We’re going to get another couple years of growth in the economy,” Stronge told the Sun Sentinel. “We’re still not up to full employment.”
We say keep it coming!
Founded in 2009 during one of the slowest real estate markets in the past half century, First International Title has grown from a handful of offices to over 30 offices throughout the state, from Key West to Pensacola, including its company headquarters in Coral Springs. We provide closing services in English, Spanish, German and French. With a combined 1,000 years of experience, our staff has extensive experience closing residential, refinance, reverse mortgage, short sale, REO, deed-in-lieu and commercial transactions. We do not outsource or offshore any portion of our core title services. We employ our own searchers and examiners to ensure quick turn times and accuracy. At First International Title, we put our customers first.
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