House purchase - price negotiable... please opinions

Our house was listed for sale at 155k, which we found very low. We would have even paid 180k. Nevertheless, I negotiated the seller down to 139k, although negotiation is almost too strong a word, he accepted it immediately. I probably could have negotiated down to 120k as well. The seller wanted to get rid of the house quickly and it had already been on the market for 1 year, half of which it was vacant. Today, two years later, such a price would no longer be conceivable here; even smaller and older properties are no longer for sale under 220k. It simply depends on how supply and demand meet, but negotiating down by 10% is actually okay and not unreasonable.

And honestly.. outrageous or not - it's about money and 5k € already makes a difference. I think a bit of audacity is not wrong. It's just gambling.

Supply and demand. It is interesting that when you are interested in a property, suddenly 4 potential buyers show up.

Hehe, yes. And 2 have already said yes and will come again tomorrow - but now quickly, because first come, as always. :D

The annoying thing about this is that you can't verify whether the agent really has 2 more interested parties or if he's just bluffing.

If I really want the house and there are other interested parties, the seller won't do anything anyway