15 Apr, 2021 → by ClaimboUser76845
Dieceit of square footage to increase the price
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This really didn't affect me. If anything it helped my friend/neighbor out. Homes are going fast as everyone knows (Pensacola area). It was the ethics of it all. I was probably wrong by not mentioning it at the time but I just stayed to my own business.They probably would got the same money either way even if they listed the square footage what it truly was. All these homes have certain design and they all have the same square footage depending on the style. When the home was built a couple years back, it was listed as the correct square footage living area on MLS. Which was correct and listed by the builder. My neighbor told me that when you looked on the tax assessors website, it showed 300 more footage than the true footage. At over 130.00 a foot, that's 40k different . So the realtor told them that they'll put what the assessor had even knowing it was wrong from the previous listing and told them it's up to the buyer to verify the footage. I'm not really worried about it now. It didn't affect me in any way. But what happen to this world where a hand shake meant your word. Obviously Cauldwell Banker wouldn't put up for this (at least I hope not). It was an agent and I'm sure they would've handled it if they would've know. Just thought I would say something because of how deliberate it was.