Yeah it’s ridiculous round here. Last year when moving here I’d come down for a day, book a hotel etc for a bunch of viewings and have them all cancelled on me.

You need to be looking as much as possible, ringing agents ASAP and getting the earliest booking you can. If they say “we are only doing bookings on day x” get the earliest slot you can because they will give it to the first person who takes it and cancel on everyone else.