Although spring began right on schedule with last Sunday’s vernal equinox, Easter seldom arrives as early as it did this year.  Meanwhile Passover—which usually overlaps closely with Easter—is still nearly four weeks away! Traditionally, the passage of these two spring holidays begins the unofficial winding-down of Southwest [...]

The market for homes throughout our region has been—and indeed remains—a veritable beehive of activity.   Buyers in unprecedented numbers continue to comb every corner of our Gulf Coast communities searching for properties in all price ranges; making ours one of the most active real estate markets in Florida, if not the country.  [...]

You don’t have to love major league baseball to love the spectacle of attending a game, especially when it is played under glorious blue skies with warm, balmy breezes rustling the palms and bright orange pennants flapping aloft at Ed Smith Stadium—or “Birdland South,” as the ball park is officially known when the [...]

Multi-Year Partnership Will Cross Promote The Two Organizations And Their Mutual Commitment To Sarasota - Michael Saunders & Company has launched a multi-year partnership agreement with the Baltimore Orioles, it was announced today from the company’s headquarters in downtown Sarasota, Florida.  The two organizations saw an opportunity [...]

Last week we saw a set of statistics that adds an interesting perspective to Florida’s explosive new population growth. In 1910, New York had 43 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives while Florida had four.  Today both states have 27 representatives in the House, with Florida having recently moved past New York to become the third [...]

The region’s housing market performed exceptionally well in 2015. With that in mind, below are nine reasons why there has rarely been a better time to sell a property. 1. Property sales have increased Last year, nearly 28,000 properties were sold throughout Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte Counties; a 7% increase over 2014—itself an [...]

Toward the end of 2015, Headlight Data—a national aggregator of demographic and workforce data—cited the Sarasota-Bradenton-North Port metro area for having the highest percentage of baby boomers of any comparable mid-sized market in America. That was music to our ears, since baby boomers rarely settle for second best when it comes to [...]