Boasting 175 feet of beachfront directly on the Gulf of Mexico, this spectacular nearly 10,000-square-foot home on Longboat Key recently sold for $11,500,000, becoming the third highest-priced residential sale in the barrier island’s history and the second highest this year. Team Dunn of Michael Saunders & Company represented the buyers [...]

It's been nearly two decades since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl, and all of Florida's Gulf Coast is supercharged at the thought of a third home team competing for their sport's most prestigious title in the same year. Adding to fan fervor is another NFL first, with the Bucs being the only team in the league to play the final [...]

  If Noah Webster were alive today he may well have changed the definition of luxury in his big book of words. Surely, his definition - “a condition of abundance or great ease or comfort,” still works. As does “sumptuous environment lived in luxury.” Like Florida in July, he was getting warmer. A second entry: “Something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary – One of [...]

Waterfront property is a staple of the Southwest Florida region. In fact, it is the entity on which Michael Saunders & Company was founded in 1976. We'd venture so far to say had Aristotle been around today and found his vacation home on our beloved Gulf Coast, "the good life" would have most certainly entailed waking up to a bay, marina [...]

Since 1976, Michael Saunders & Company has been the known and trusted name in luxury real estate in Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte Counties. We proudly present the luxury sales results and applaud our experienced agents for successfully facilitating these transactions in the first quarter of 2018. Michael Saunders & Company also thanks and [...]

 

All great stories of romance have one thing in common, and that is an unforgettable setting. From the breathtaking beauty of Tara Plantation in Gone with the Wind, to the graceful balcony beneath which Romeo professed his love for Juliet, iconic backdrops have inspired tales of romance for centuries.

Florida's Gulf Coast, with its delicately swaying palms, soothing Bay breezes and sun swept beaches, could easily provide the romantic locale for such tales of passion. And [...]