How To Make Sure Your Estate Agent Has Your Interests At Heart And Not The Buyers

How do I make sure they have my interests at heart, and not the buyer's?

By law estate agents are meant to represent sellers, and are supposed to have the seller's best interests at heart. I'm afraid that's not always the case with some estate agents. If you're a bit suspicious about what's going on you should be prepared to ask local estate agents, local solicitors about the relationship that this particular buyer you've got might have with an estate agent. I think you need to ask a lot of searching and penetrating questions of your estate agent, and they may well crack if there's something funny going on.