Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Question: Three months ago, we sold our 4-bedroom Arcadia home. On the listing paperwork, we showed that the square footage of our ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is a Basement Included in the Square Footage of a Home? This is the tale of two basements in otherwise comparable houses. One is a ...

COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- What if you were being assessed for the wrong home and being told it had more square footage than it actually does? One woman, and local Barrington Township officials, say ...

When you buy a new home, or sell your current one, thinking about how to measure its square footage probably isn’t top of mind. And while it may seem like an inconsequential metric, it’s one of the ...

A house figure inside a square measurement tool. The average square footage of a house in the United States is 2,430 square feet, according to the National Association of Home Builders. That figure ...