A few months ago we saw a property we liked on rightmove which we wanted to view alongside some other properties with the same agent, but were told it was difficult to arrange a viewing as the house is tenanted.
None of the properties we viewed were suitable so we asked again whether we could view the tenanted house, but were told again that it would be difficult because of the tenants. We said that we would try to accommodate a viewing time set by the tenants, but never heard back despite chasing numerous times.
Something similar happened to another property we wanted to view (different agent), despite us not being in a chain and having secured finance at the level required to buy the properties in question. Both properties are still for sale on rightmove more than a couple of weeks later.
Any idea why? We are just baffled as we thought an agent's job is to sell property, not discourage proceedable buyers from viewing?!