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rroperry owners listing their land with Roger Batchelder ,now receive wide exposure in a greatly expanded market area due to Batchelder’s affiliation with a recently formed computerized multiple-listing service. according to the local Realtor.

The common data base providing information to a membership of close to 10,000 agents throughout Northern Virginia was established last fall. Batchelder announced last week that he is the only Rappahannock Realtor to join.

Member companies from Northern Virginia, Prince William and Loudoun Board of Realtors have contracted with Planning Research Corporation (PRC) for what was to be the nation’s largest automated multiple listing service. Size was measured in terms of the number of member agents and the number of computers being used.

Under a shared data base serv ice any listing entered into the system would automatically be available to all member agents via their computer terminals. The

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