How do you deal with nosey people when selling?

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We went on the market a few weeks ago and not had the best start to be honest (only 1 viewing) and feeling generally disappointed but not much activity in the area in the last few weeks following a mad market in recent months. Anyway, since listing I've had friends, neighbours and acquaintances (and random strangers) asking all sorts of prying questions. I can understand it from neighbours as it has some kind of bearing on their house value but I'm find it exhausting from everyone else. I've even had people literally asking how many viewings we've had, any second viewings?, what offers and how much as well as comments about things they've seen in the photos. It's making me dread the school run. Yesterday, I was quite clearly changing the subject but the guy wouldn't let it go. I don't generally talk about my finances to the world so I don't see why this is any different and I would certainly never ask this level of detail!
Any advice on how to deal with it?

oops, posted too early

so we all booked viewings to make it look like their house was sought-after to get rid of the fucktards.
unfortunately it didn't work because it was. nasty shit hole in & out. but we did get to gossip for a few days which felt good.

I'm not usually a gossiping type. but them screaming "shut the fuck up you cunts" at us & other neighbours at 10pm on a summer evening they are lucky that's all we did

I would politely dodge any questions about prices and what you would accept etc. Years and years ago my parents got gazumped on a house by someone asking those sort of questions at the schools gates. They fed the information back to another interested party, who then gazumped their offer on the house. So not everyone is being polite and interested.

When we were selling, we had a new neighbour who was literally 3 doors down view our house. She had just moved to the area to an identical house and was obviously checking out what we had done to ours. I only twigged when we took a parcel in for her, and I recognised her unusual name as a viewer from a couple of weeks before! I was so pissed off as either the agent didn't do due diligence on her background, or she was just a chancer. I grilled the agent about the background of viewers after that.

Such an awkward process all round.

Some people are just really cheeky. It's very difficult sometimes to know if they are really cheeky, or just socially inept!
I'd not bother trying to work out which type of person they are.
I'd either deflect "OMG I am so sick of talking about houses!! Let's talk about something else! How is little Milly getting on at her new ballet? How is Emma? Haven't seen her for ages" You know inane, school parent at gate conversation.
Or given that attack is sometimes the best form of defence, my preferred option would be to say
"Why are you asking? Are you moving? Where are you moving to? How much is the maximum you can spend? What do you earn?"
Best of luck with your sale and move!

Personally I've never known anything like this! Maybe that's just how some villages are - everyone in everyone else's business.