At the end of every year, we enjoy looking back at the exceptional properties on MichaelSaunders.com that captured the most attention of those who visit our website. This year, our top viewed properties are all over $5 million and are either set on our barrier islands or located "West of the Trail" in Sarasota. Two of our most popular [...]

A Royal Visit About once a year, the directors of our London office affiliate, Mayfair International Realty, make the trip across the pond to visit our offices across Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties to connect and mingle with Michael Saunders & Company agents. Annette Reeve’s and Nick Churlton’s regular visits are valuable [...]

From one of the "South's Best Cities" to being named a "Dreamy Beach Town for Entrepreneurs," Sarasota, Manatee, and Charlotte counties have been raking in some impressive national accolades in 2018. When compiling the year's list, we certainly noticed a number of themes. Consider us spoiled but it's not so surprising to read that our [...]

In this quarter's newsletter, we explore the importance of municipal lien searches and why county turnaround times need to be factored into the closing process to avoid buyers inheriting unnecessary bills from the sellers. The below, real-life example is not uncommon and one of the many reasons a [...]

Founded on our luxury property expertise over 42 years ago, Michael Saunders & Company is proud to present a special quarterly market report specifically focused on luxury real estate. Closing out the summer season, Q3 revealed both strengths and challenges, but ultimately produced sales and pending numbers that outperformed 2017 by more [...]

Michael Saunders & Company is known to be globally affiliated with the most elite brands in real estate — LeadingRE, Luxury Portfolio, Christie's International Real Estate and Mayfair International. It is an exclusive honor we are proud to have as it exposes our seller's properties to a wide range of not just national buyers but [...]

November is already upon us (can you believe it?). It seems like our grills had only just cooled from the summer cookout season and now, we’re already in the midst of the winter holidays. The middle of the fourth quarter is quite active in Florida – not just with the peak of real estate buying season and holiday preparations, but the [...]

The power of Michael Saunders & Company’s national and international affiliations allows our agents to connect properties with qualified, affluent buyers from anywhere in the world. Our affiliations and partnerships also mean we have an extended family of independent brokerages and real estate agents for relocation and vacation purposes, [...]

Five esteemed Michael Saunders & Company real estate agents traveled from Sarasota to New York September 24-25 for the 2018 Christie’s International Real Estate (CIRE) Luxury Specialist Conference. Janet Walter, Carol Stewart, Tom Cinquegrano, Marianne LeBar, and Maureen Horn attended the two-day event held at Christie’s flagship [...]

While temperatures may still be nice and warm, that doesn't stop Floridians from pulling out all the seasonal stops for fall. From pumpkin festivals to races, and costume contests to ghost stories, our region certainly knows how to get in the "spirit" and celebrate autumn. We are presenting eleven fall festivals for your enjoyment [...]