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I sold a house for somebody else (Power of Attorney) and when I went to drop the keys off on the morning of completion the EA unexpectedly gave me a bottle of wine.
That's the only time I've ever heard of any agent giving a seller/buyer anything upon completion.0 -
Assuming the OP means "what did you get (from the EA)", then ;
It's common practice in the USA for realtors to leave gifts for their selling clients, or for their buyers .... but with commission at 5.12% on average, they can flippin' afford to....
These days, we seem to be in a chase to the bottom in terms of what we pay our EAs (a recent survey, taking UK fees as "between 1.0 and 1.5%, found that UK EA fees are the lowest in the world), and I think there's little left in many EA budgets for fripperies like this....0 -
As a buyer many years ago the EA attached the keys to our new house to one of their branded key rings,does that count as a gift?in S 38 T 2 F 50
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If buying, dropping in and announcing you'll give a magnum of champagne to whoever sorts your purchase is, frankly, an extremely cheap incentive for them to pay attention.0
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Assuming the OP is asking if the EA gave a gift -
The EA gave us a bottle of fizz when we sold my late MIL's property. We sold our own house via Purple Bricks, so certainly didn't expect anything from them.It's not difficult!
'Wander' - to walk or move in a leisurely manner.
'Wonder' - to feel curious.0 -
And I thought I was the grinch.
What a gloomy lot!
"enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb0 -
For the EA if the job was done well.
I have never seen or heard of it the other way; around here anyway."enough is a feast"...old Buddist proverb0
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