"Seller's Belief" - How Big Is It Really?

Good morning Tony and Suzanne,

Most of the time it autopopulates from the tax rolls here.

I do not mind seeing burer's agent to verify taxes and sg. ft. What I do mind is when they include sg. ft. from a basement area without an ingress/egress!

Make yourself an astonishing day.

I have only had this happen one time, and the town was in error due to the builder submitting the wrong plans and the building department not noticing. The town stated the house was smaller and the owner didn't want to fix due to an increase in taxes. I warned them they would need to do that at some point, which they did. I did note square footage came from the owner, not town records. PIA. 

Hi Tony, This is particularly needed information when you are comparing cost per square foot. Garbage in garbage out. It needs to be right.

Bill Roberts

In my market, if there is a discrepancy, I've seen agents indicate in the MLS "buyers to verify [fill in the blank]" ... it could be square footage, permits, etc. As a listing agent I work with the sellers to get all of the information verified upfront and provide all of the documentation in the seller disclosures. 

As for the title of my post ... I was really a quote ... BUT I guess I could have used something else 

This is when "due diligence" comes in.  I do think that sq. ft. isn't used much to negotiate an offer less than list, but it does come up on the appraisal.  I have had stories about sq. ft. over the years, and it wasn't that big!