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New agents are flocking to the real estate business, drawn by the hottest housing market in recent memory.

Over the last two years, the number of Realtors represented in the Coeur d’Alene Multiple Listing Service grew by 60 percent and the number of Realtors in the Spokane Multiple Listing Service grew by 30 percent.

It’s a competitive field, though, and many of the new agents are destined to leave the business within a year, national statistics show.

Read more about the boom in real estate agents in a story by Becky Kramer Sunday.