The newest issue of SaundersBest is a look ahead. In some ways, it was a different world when we sent our spring/summer issue of SaundersBest Magazine to press earlier this year. COVID-19 had yet to constrain and challenge us. We were not sheltering in place. Businesses were bustling. Our focus for the issue was on the dawn of a new [...]

The fourth quarter of 2019 continued to build upon the positive growth and buyer energy seen in previous quarters showing pending sales up 6.7%, closed sales up 5.4% and median price appreciating 2%. Inventory remains down slightly, both overall and in new listings coming to market, with single-family homes taking the brunt of that [...]

State of the Market

The tri-county area commercial market posted strong market fundamentals through 2019 for all property types. Looking back at the year and similar to 2017 and 2018, the largest commercial sales in the market involved multi-family properties. Overall office rents increased throughout the year. New industrial/flex [...]

It was with great pride that Michael Saunders & Company leadership, staff and agents gathered at the Lakewood Ranch office on January 15^th for the MSC Foundation year-end grant distribution event. Also in attendance were more than 70 individuals, representing 52 local non-profit organizations throughout Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte [...]

Closing the chapter on one decade and beginning a new one inspires reflection on the lessons learned and preparation of what is to come. Michael Saunders, Founder and CEO of Michael Saunders & Company, is always looking for fruitful opportunities to learn something new that can be carried into the future. In September, she - along with [...]

The third quarter of 2019 saw the same stabilized growth of Q2 in both new inventory and median sales price. Consistent with a slower summer season, demand cooled with a slight bump of activity in August. Home values are up 2%, with average days on market increasing 8%, showing although buyers are taking their time, pricing is in line with [...]

The MSC Foundation is currently conducting its mid-year grant distribution cycle for 2019, providing 59 non-profit organizations throughout the Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte Counties with $50,750 collectively. Seventeen organizations were new to the Foundation’s efforts. Since launching in 2011, the MSC Foundation has provided [...]

In honor of the many contributions Michael Saunders has made to the community, the City of Sarasota is officially proclaiming Wednesday, March 20, 2019, as Michael Saunders’ Day. Kicking the day off in style, [...]

The MSC Foundation completed its year-end grant distribution cycle in mid-January, providing 51 non-profit organizations throughout the Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte Counties with $59,200 collectively. Agents, associates, staff, and officials from [...]

Update — Nearly a year after the first Michael Saunders & Company office, located in St. Armand's Circle on Boulevard of the Presidents, revealed a complete lower level renovation, the upstairs agent offices have been completed. [gallery type="slideshow" size="large" [...]