Hi I am a first time house buyer. I would like to know how to negotiate a subsale property price? What were your experiences?

I found a few suitable houses which I am interested in. So I started with research on the prices of houses being sold in the neighborhood by searching through property sites like iproperty, propwall, property guru etc.

So I started to engage some agents with their ads on the website. I met two agents already when I asked for viewing they straight ask me what is my budget. I definitely can afford the property listed price but I can't reveal that because I will lose my bargaining power.

One agent I met before I can view the house the way he talk is if you want to view then you have to buy already because the owner won't reduce price. This is the first time I engaged this agent never met before.

Am I being played around by the agents?
Property cost more than 1Mil