From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!mark
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Title: Re: New newsgroup?
Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2506
Posted: Sun Aug  8 14:54:20 1982
Received: Mon Aug  9 04:51:41 1982
References: rabbit.674

I'm all for this one.  Let's see now - net.real-estate (too long),
net.re (too short), net.home or net.homes (hmm), net.housing (hmm).

One thing to bear in mind is that we should expect traffic of the
form "House for sale" or "I'm looking for a house near x" - there
is a lot of this kind of traffic at UCB on msgs right now.  We
should define a policy right away - I'm not averse to this kind
of traffic at all, but we might want to make a subgroup for it
or something.

We also need a policy on what categories of housing to include.
Do we want apartments?  Condos?  Duplexes?  If so, should there
be subgroups?  What about geographical subgroups - I bet a lot
of you are tired of hearing about a car for sale clear across
the country, and houses are even worse because you can't even
drive out there, pick it up, and take it back with you.

Also, should the newsgroup center of topics of interest to
prospective home-buyers (prices, interest rates, etc) or to
current homeowners (taxes, insurance, maintenence, etc) or both?

People with further comments should probably indicate which segment(s)
they are interested in, perhaps we can get a feel for who the
interested parties are and conform accordingly.

Me, I'm interested in single family houses (having just bought one)
and related issues.  I'd like to get and maintain some idea of what
the real estate market in California is like (someday I hope to own
a home there) and generally keep abreast of such issues.  I'd like
to avoid having to look at messages from people looking for apartments
in Berkeley.

Comments?

	Mark