Closed on a 2mil house and got a Tiffany candy dish, personalized wood cutting board, a Washingtonian subscription and a bottle of wine. Very nice and unexpected. Our realtor still brings us a gift every year. He has our business for life.

Our realtor typically buys tickets to popular shows for his clients. But the first time we closed on a house with him, he somehow forgot about us when he bought tickets to Cirque du Solei. We figured it was an oversight. A few years later he helped my mom close on a condo and gave us tickets to a musical at the Kennedy Center.

Anonymous wrote:There was literally just a thread on this very topic.

+1
I was the OP of that thread, knew it was very petty. Yes, so petty. Sorry guys. Got lots of good info (maybe something is coming when we use her to sell and no, no discounts negotiated!).
Also, my house was not $3M but I at least put my thread in the right forum!

You should have asked for a rebate on the commission. Surely no one pays 6% on a 3m house?!

I couldn’t care less about a gift from our realtor.

There was literally just a thread on this very topic.

I don't know why people get so invested in realtor gifts, but you'll find more kindred folk here:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1023565.page

I got nothing from my realtor in 2014. I felt unappreciated because I was expecting something.

Recently closed on a million dollar house and got nothing too.

Not the norm. Ours did not show up to closing and never heard from her.

Not the norm. When we closed on our $600K house, our realtor gave us a bottle of Veuve Clicquot. I thought that was nice.

We got a basket of local food items and gift cards to several local restaurants from our realtor when we closed on our much less expensive house.

In my experience it's the norm to give a gift.

Not the norm at all. In fact, I have either sold or purchased 5 condo/houses in the last fifteen years and have always received something from our realtor. I have received everything from a bottle of very nice champagne to a gift certificate to a children's toy store (we were expecting at the time) to a personal chef.

If your friend wants repeat clients, she will learn to do a little something for them.

BTW, CONGRATULATIONS on your new home!! Wishing you much happiness...

Would like to know your thoughts. We recently bought a very expensive home. (over 3M) so expensive to me. One of my closest friends is in real estate and casually asked me what our broker sent as a closing gift because she is looking for unique ideas to send for her own clients as closing gifts. I didn't think much about it as we just closed about 7 weeks ago but then realized nothing was given. And that kind of surprised me when she drew my attention to it. Last time we closed on a house we got a huge beautiful gourmet food basket and the time before that, a case of my husbands favorite wine.

My friend told me in all the homes she has sold, she has never not given something even a small token something as a closing gift and a thank you for a nice commission check. My husband was not crazy about this broker to begin with but now that I think about it, I am kind of disappointed. Is this the norm? If giving something is the norm, it makes me realize my husband is a great judge of character It is not that we need the gift but more the thought/gesture. Especially since she walked away with a 6 digit commission.