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I've haven't been in the house buying business for 25 year, so have no recent experience with this. I'm just looking to buy a house. The estate agents seem to be clueless and have very limited viewing days. I've now been informed by the estate agent that the first viewing I've managed to secure will actually be a block viewing, i.e. there'll be a bunch of other hopefuls with me. Is this the new normal and would explain why they prefer viewings at the weekend? Any strategy recommendations? I expect it to become a reactive feeding frenzy. (Interestingly, in the small amount of searches so far, quite a few are offering a 20% reduction in asking price.)