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Condos for sale in former nuclear missile silo.

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CENTRAL KANSAS - The middle of Kansas is the middle of nowhere - and yet at the end of a long dirt road here, a Denver based developer named Larry Hall has chosen to build a $2 million per-unit condominium complex.

 

Patrick Blanc: Making Gardens Grow Vertically

French botanist Patrick Blanc has turned traditional gardening on its side -- literally. He is the inventor of the vertical garden, also known as the living wall.

 

Will Home Prices Ever Recover?

A Roundup of Notable N.Y. Houses.

From an unusual Manhattan co-op with a color-changing blimp that floats from the ceiling, to a sprawling estate with room for up to 28 cars, here's a video tour of the four most notable homes featured as the N.Y. House of the Day recently.

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Top 10 College Towns for Real-Estate Investing

With strong demand for rentals, low vacancy rates and rent prices on the rise, investing in rental property in a college town can make sense. Stacey Delo talks with Andrea Coombes about a new report that points to 10 top markets to consider.

 

Manhattan Townhouse With an Indoor Pool

This five-story townhouse looks conventional from the outside, but the living room on the first floor feature a very rare amenity for a Manhattan home: an indoor swimming pool.

 

What happens when you stop paying your mortgage?

 

Though Ruben Martinez, unemployed, hasn't paid his mortgage in six years, he still lives in his house thanks to sloppy record keeping.

Apple Computer “We’ve come up with a design that puts 12,000 people in one building”

It’s not often that a CEO of a major company makes a presentation to City Council on company plans for a new headquarters building.  But Apple is no ordinary company, and Steve Jobs certainly is no ordinary CEO.

 

The Royal Flush: A $6400 Toilet

Here's the next thing the buyer and seller will be fighting over as to whether or not it stays with the house. Brokers, sharpen your negotiating skills!

If You're Buying a Bank of America Short Sale, WATCH THIS!