Do estate agents tell fibs?

[Katurah]

Every house I've looked at just recently the agent showing me around tells me how they've got 19/20 viewings that day etc etc.

Our house went on the market Monday morning and our agent is doing the viewings. They always block out 11-1, 15 min appointments - max 8 viewings by my reckoning. We currently have 7 booked in for Saturday. Is this a good number?! I've viewed houses with our estate agent prior to choosing them to market and they also said "lots and lots of viewings in today". One I viewed last Saturday up the road reckoned they had 30 in?!

Is it just a sales tactic?!

I agree with the others - they will manipulate the hell out of you. There are some nice ones, but they're doing a job, not doing you any favours.

I don't think they all tell lies. I have found two good ones.

They lie as easily as they breathe. Like most sales people.

Of course they all lie!

But 20 in a day would be the stuff of dreams around here. I'm in Kent selling a two bed terrace. Been on the market since 1st Jan. Had about 12 viewings in total. Even 7 in a day would be bloody incredible.