Seldom does a day go by that a client, neighbor or friend doesn’t ask us how the housing market is doing.  We are, after all, the ones who should know. In framing our response we are always careful to explain that no two housing markets perform exactly alike; and that we can only speak with fluency about ours.  That said, there are [...]

Florida-Bound You never quite realize how large Florida is until you’ve driven the 900 miles (or so) from Key West—at the state’s southernmost tip—to its border with Alabama.  That’s a lot of ground to cover if you are moving to Florida and trying to decide which part of the state makes the most sense for you. More often than [...]

One of the Smartest Buys in the Sunshine State The market for high-value properties in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte Counties is currently being hailed as one of the smartest buys in the Sunshine State for luxury buyers who want more home for their money without sacrificing any of the lifestyle amenities that accrue to buyers in such [...]

Sarasota and Manatee Counties are many things to many people.  Both are first class resort communities; with our Gulf Coast beaches consistently ranked among the best in the world. Both are widely celebrated for the astonishing breadth of the visual and performing arts that have justly earned the region its sobriquet as Florida’s [...]

Annual All Company Meeting Last week’s annual meeting of Michael Saunders & Company was a celebration forty years in the making.  Over 500 agents, managers, division heads and invited guests packed the ballroom of the [...]

Each year, Southwest Florida’s busiest quarter for tourism takes place between January and March as sun-starved northerners make their annual pilgrimage here to escape plunging temperatures and frozen precipitation too often measured in feet. Knowing that so many visitors are here, many would-be [...]

Mention the Florida Keys and most people will assume you mean the popular chain of islands that starts at the lower tip of Florida then hopscotches its way to Key West. “Key” is from the Spanish word “Cayo,” for island.  By definition, therefore, several other chains of keys line the state’s two coasts.  Indeed, one of the best [...]

Long before it became a much-celebrated outpost for the visual and performing arts; and even before its miles of pristine coastline became a preferred destination for discerning beach goers the world over, [...]

Don’t believe everything you read about the housing preferences of the millennial generation.  Sure they have been in no hurry to enter the housing market, as some market watchers anxiously point out; preferring instead to rent. But that doesn’t mean forever. [...]

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 [...]