Article: Daily News, New York, real estate column.

Byline: Phyllis Furman

Oct. 17--Consider it an omen: "Hot Properties," a new ABC TV show about New York City real estate brokers is getting panned by critics just as the red hot broker biz is showing the first signs of cooling down.

The sitcom features four sexy sales agents -- and for the past four years, selling coops and condos in New York has been the sexiest profession on the street.

With dreams of earning fat commissions on multimillion-dollar apartment sales, thousands of New Yorkers rushed to grab a real estate license. In the last two years, Manhattan added more than 5,000 agents and brokers, bringing the total to 27,346, according the ...

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