Open House Website Debuts

Last spring, RVAR added to our website the Open House button, providing the ability for the consumer to search for listings that have an upcoming open house. Since then our open house data has made its showing on REALTOR.com® and the REALTOR.com® Smartphone app. Members have come to rely on the added exposure to their listings. However, RVAR's PR Committee believes that the time has come to brand the open house data with its own identity, and to build name recognition within the public. The name: RoanokeValleyOpenHouse.com RoanokeValleyOpenHouse.com, unlike RVAR.com, is designed solely for the eye of the consumer. It takes the consumer side of RVAR.com and presents it in a clean, simple, and visually appealing design, including a slideshow of open house properties. Although MLS members may register their open houses in FlexMLS far in advance, only open houses occurring within the next seven (7) days will display on RoanokeValleyOpenHouse.com. Open houses automatically expire in FlexMLS.