Fixing objects to camera motion in FCPX?

Hi
FCPX noob here with a question that may well have been asked many times, but I can't find any answer..
I have some footage of field panorama, and I want to be able to add an 'object', a house in this case, in the distance. Easy enough, but my house is obviously static and there is a subtle enough shake on the camera to make the whole thing look disjointed.
So my question is - is there a way I can fix my house to match the shake on the camera, so that it becomes a seamless part of the shot?
I hope I'm explaining myself clearly. Like I said, I am a noob who is currently using the evaluation version of FCPX, so I'm not even sure if my terms are correct.
I have tried stabilizing the footage in FCPX, but it appears to make very little or no difference. I also know that getting a perfectly level shot in the first place is probably the best idea, but I kind of am where I am with this particular piece and reshooting is not easy.
I'm halfway through my trial, and have struggled a fair bit, it's all very new to me. I'm sure there are 100's of features that I'm not aware of!
Thanks for any help
Rich

Great - thanks for answering!
Bad news for me is that there does not appear to be a trial version of Motion available for download! It seems a bit unfair that you can get FCPX but not (by the sounds of it) the essential add ons to make FCPX complete.
Obviously I'm not going to pay $50 for a piece of software when my trial expires in 2 weeks.
I'll bet theres no other way of doing this kind of thing either ... but would like to be proved wrong

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