Now entering our fifth decade of service on Florida's Gulf Coast, Michael Saunders & Company is made up of much more than office walls, real estate signs, and newspaper advertisements. At the heart of the company is our people, our partners, our history, and the story of our journey along the way. This week, we are introducing [...]

In November, Michael Saunders was honored by The Argus Foundation with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Now in its 15th year, the award celebrates business men and women who have had a significant impact on the community in Sarasota County throughout their lives. To celebrate the achievement, The Argus Foundation produced a video with a [...]

UPDATE Exciting news! The Main Street office has been named a finalist by the Tampa Bay Business Journal for “Coolest Office Space”.  Please visit the link below to vote! [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I recently returned from my first LeadingRE Annual Conference. LeadingRE is the short name for one of our affiliations, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World. And for our customers, or those who aren’t sure what this is, I’ll explain. Imagine a forest of lush trees. One tree by itself manages well enough, but together, the [...]

The market for homes throughout our region has been—and indeed remains—a veritable beehive of activity.   Buyers in unprecedented numbers continue to comb every corner of our Gulf Coast communities searching for properties in all price ranges; making ours one of the most active real estate markets in Florida, if not the country.  [...]

The region’s housing market performed exceptionally well in 2015. With that in mind, below are nine reasons why there has rarely been a better time to sell a property. 1. Property sales have increased Last year, nearly 28,000 properties were sold throughout Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte Counties; a 7% increase over 2014—itself an [...]

SARASOTA, Florida—(December 16, 2015)—Michael Saunders, Founder and CEO of Michael Saunders & Company, has been named to the “Inman Top 101,” the magazine’s new ranking of the most influential people in U.S. real estate, it was announced today from Inman’s headquarters in Emeryville, CA. The Inman 101 was assembled to recognize [...]

The Tampa Bay Business Journal announced its finalists for the 2015 “Business Woman of the Year” and our Founder and CEO, Michael Saunders, is among the accomplished women of southwest Florida recognized for this prestigious honor. Fifty women in categories ranging from Entrepreneur to Technology were selected as finalists. Michael, [...]