The Sarasota area continues to grow and thrive in exciting ways. Read on to discover and more!

A Dar-Winning New Restaurant

Local Chef, Darwin Santa Maria, will be opening his newest venture this month. Dubbed “Darwin Evolutionary Cuisine”, the restaurant will serve up the Chef’s signature ceviche, skirt steak with chimichurri sauce, [...]

The Michael Saunders & Company Anna Maria island office is celebrating its one-year anniversary. The office, which opened May 1, 2016, was established to serve buyers and sellers from Anna Maria Island, Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach. Growth of the office and company presence on the island has been exceptional, with the addition of 10 [...]

Tune into the the 45th episode of the Saunders in 60 to see why buying, selling, and renting real estate on Anna Maria Island is about to get a little easier. To learn about Anna Maria Island real estate, contact the new Anna Maria Island sales office. To see the home for sale highlighted, head to 825 N Shore Dr. on MichaelSaunders.com. Also featured, check out [...]

It's nearly Halloween! To mark this macabre occasion, residents of Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte County will soon be sporting costumed-attire, trick-or-treating, and taking tours of haunted houses. To help get in the ghoulish spirit, the [...]

We just shared the most popular properties of 2014, but what are buyers interested in this week? We’ve made it easy to see which homes for sale and for rent on MichaelSaunders.com attracted the most attention over the past seven days.  Here they are in reverse order: 10. 5445 Pamela Wood Way, Unit 160 | Sarasota 9. 13131 Placida Point [...]

Anna Maria Island is as easy-going as a woven hammock swaying gently in the tropical breeze. Many people are drawn to Sarasota, Manatee, or Charlotte County for our beaches and sunny blue skies, but only on Anna Maria Island do you truly get the sense that you are away from it all. Endless white sand beaches mix with “old Florida” charm [...]