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Big Bold Sales Move: Here Are the Details on Museum’s Tower’s 24 Month, Money Back Guarantee… and More…

By Candy Evans / January 10, 2013 /

You may recall that in early November 2012, Museum Tower came out with a gutzy move to spur condo sales: offering buyers an unprecedented two-year, money-back price guarantee.  George Zimmer’s voice kept circulating through my head. At the time, I remember thinking, wowsers, that’s bold and I need to know more about this! Well, Steven C. Sandborg, Vice…

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Big Bold Sales Move: Here Are the Details on Museum's Tower's 24 Month, Money Back Guarantee… and More…

By Candy Evans / January 10, 2013 /

You may recall that in early November 2012, Museum Tower came out with a gutzy move to spur condo sales: offering buyers an unprecedented two-year, money-back price guarantee.  George Zimmer’s voice kept circulating through my head. At the time, I remember thinking, wowsers, that’s bold and I need to know more about this! Well, Steven C. Sandborg, Vice…

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Curbed National Finds Luxury in Celina, Texas With $15 Million ‘Equestrian Amusement Park’

By Joanna England / December 29, 2012 / Comments Off on Curbed National Finds Luxury in Celina, Texas With $15 Million ‘Equestrian Amusement Park’

Check out that rack! Seriously, though, this house in Collin County’s rural paradise, Celina, Texas, has everything anyone would want in a second home. It’s rural without being remote, and it’s a perfect retreat for a horse lover.

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Cowboy Up, Y’all: Curbed National Finds Hunter’s Paradise in Celina, Texas

By Joanna England / December 29, 2012 /

Yeehaw, folks. We sometimes joke around about “head rooms” and such here on CandysDirt.com, but this Celina mansion marketed by Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s own Brian Luker and David Bergher has a trophy room that earns a gold star in my book. Curbed National picked up this listing, calling it an “equestrian amusement park.” In fact, this…

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Classic Christmas In Oslo, Norway, Bring Light During Darkest Season

By Joanna England / December 28, 2012 / Comments Off on Classic Christmas In Oslo, Norway, Bring Light During Darkest Season

We love getting vacation and second-home photos from readers, especially the unconventional. A loyal reader sent us his photos of Christmas lights from Oslo, Norway, which gets only 5 hours of sunlight on the clearest days in December.

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