As a partner affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate (CIRE), it is with great pride that we at Michael Saunders & Company share this year's Luxury Defined report. Unveiled last May, the study examines the many factors that shape the luxury-property purchase journey and adds to it the collective knowledge of more than 140 [...]

From the early days of Michael Saunders & Company, we learned that our customers were not just local, but global. It was clear that to best serve those who were coming from the Midwest, Northeast, Canada, or Europe, we were going to have to have national and international affiliations to connect in a meaningful way with those we assist. [...]

Less than a month ago—on November 9^th—a single painting by Amedeo Modigliani fetched the breathtaking sum of $170.4 million at Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, in New York.  In doing so, it established a new world record for a painting by Modigliani; and achieved one of the highest prices ever paid for a work of art at auction. [...]

The average sale price for a Manhattan apartment hit an all-time high last quarter at $1.87 million*. In a quick search of Manhattan real estate on the site of one of our New York [...]

While the luxury real estate market throughout the Tampa Bay region is alive and well, our southern side of the bay is doing especially well. Of the ten highest-priced home sales of 2014 in the seven-county Tampa Bay region, nine were in Sarasota County alone, with the highest sale on Siesta Key fetching nearly $12 million.  (Source:  [...]