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Who is responsible for listing accuracy?

Been interested in a certain house for some time. The listing very prominently calls attention to square footage that is wildly inaccurate. The claimed square footage is at least twice the actuals and very obviously incorrect even to an amateur, but matches and was clearly drawn from inaccurate tax records (which likely just lumped some out building sf into the number).

While I could easily see a lazy or willfully ignorant agent just drawing from the tax records, the house has now been on the market for several years and has had the listing renewed multiple times. I have, in writing called attention to the inaccuracy to the listing agent. I have seen listings that are savvy enough to use language like "listed at XXsf" or "buyer to verify xxx", but this list does none of that, listing the SF in the very first sentence of the description.

I am not sure why I even care, as perhaps the reason it hasn't sold is that every potential buyer has immediately realized the falsehood and walked away. Maybe I should let them lie so I can bid on the house myself un challenged.

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