Real estate sales, house prices rising in Central Okanagan On Wednesday, the BCRCA released new rules for realtors holding open houses, which are now resuming after being on hold for the past four months.“This will be safe for the public going through the open house, it will be safe for the occupants, it will be safe for the public and for the realtors,” Hyde told Global News.The new protocols include limiting open-house attendees to serious buyers by leveraging technology tools and screening for qualifying consumers.The new guidelines also encourage realtors to pre-register potential buyers before they attend the open house.“The realtor community is going to a lot of extra lengths to make it safe, so there’s no point in having people on.