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