LONDON, January 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TV property expert Phil Spencer has taken a shot for homebuyers everywhere by firing an estate agent out of a giant cannon for

HARROGATE, England, June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer, the TV property gurus, have launched new research revealing UK home hunters overspent their combined budgets by a staggering GBP3.7 billion last year, despite falling house prices and what should be a buyers' market. The survey of 2,000 home buyers, announced to coincide with the launch of the new iPhone app 'Kirstie & Phil's House Hunter [http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/kirstie-phils-house-hunter/id444080922?mt=8 ' , has revealed that almost half (49 per cent) blow their budget on average to the tune of over GBP10,000. For one in ten home buyers (10 per cent) the situation is even more extreme, with finances stretched to cover an additional spend of up to GBP50,000, whilst for a frivolous few (2 per cent) it topped the scales at more than GBP100,000. One in five buyers (20 per cent) admit to getting caught up in the excitement of the moment, letting their heart o

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By Jason Gertzen and Steve Everly, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Mar. 4--Everest Connections, a Lenexa cable company that has brought price-lowering competition to customers in several parts of the metro area, will be sold for about $86 million.