Be careful believing what estate agents say, some are good but some are not.
A estate agent phoned to ask about a house we viewed (only one viewing as they have been impossible to deal with, wouldn't let me book would only take a booking from my DH even though I'M the one buying). I simply said sorry its over our budget so unless it comes down in future its not an option even though we think its a nice house.
Then he said he personally valued it and we 'wont find anything cheaper' (LOL already looked at a dozen cheaper) and ask our budget and why we 'randomly' picked that number. I said:
A) its what we actually have to spend (cash buyers - cue them again trying to pressure us into a mortgage we don't want)
and
B) The house we are about to offer on which is better for us is that price we gave as our max
Estate agent flies into a rant about how crap the house we are about to offer on is and:
How its not comparable because its a shit part of town no one wants to live in (er... we do, the location is one of the MASSIVE selling points. Its right in the center next to the highly sort after school).
How its not the nice street their house is on (I also LIVE on the same street as they are selling on and know its a PITA because its a massive steep hill and the main road into town so trucks revving all night to get up and awful in bad weather. We also know it over valued because we know the street prices as I have been watching the for the last 15 years and live here myself... they are asking over £50k more than any other house on the street including recent sales).
How its way smaller than the one they are selling (the one they are selling is 3 bed with an unofficial conversion making it dodgy 4 bed with no outdoor space. The one we are offering on for £45k less is a proper 5 bed townhouse with a yard big enough for a deck and driveway).
All that without him even knowing which house we are actually offering on because I never said, I simply said the name of a vague area of town.
Its funny how this estate agent knows what we want better than ourselves... You would have though I personal dug up and slapped his beloved grandma the way he reacted. I love being told 'you don't want to live there' and 'you don't know what your talking about' when we have researched it and searched for a house there for 4 years.
If this house we want falls through that would have been our back up house (I know its going to be coming down in price) but now I don't even want to deal with them. They have been rude every step of the way and its a shame because the owner is lovely but the estate agent shes with have way over priced her and are failing to book viewing and insulting people.