The month of July 2020 has been one for the record books. COVID-19 has put our state in the national spotlight. While the number of cases in our communities have been low, the overall toll it has taken on us as residents, friends, neighbors and family is [...]

  If Noah Webster were alive today he may well have changed the definition of luxury in his big book of words. Surely, his definition - “a condition of abundance or great ease or comfort,” still works. As does “sumptuous environment lived in luxury.” Like Florida in July, he was getting warmer. A second entry: “Something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary – One of [...]

Introducing: Now Trending  A few weeks back, we introduced our new video series, Michael Saunders ON, featuring Michael and California Association of Realtors Chief Economist, Leslie Appleton-Young.  This week, we are launching a new feature series for our blog called, Now Trending, which surfaces specific market activity and consumer trend information that can’t be accessed anywhere [...]

REAL Trends, the trusted source for news, research and information about the real estate brokerage industry, announced the results of the 2017 REAL Trends 500, an independently verified compilation of the nation’s leading residential real estate companies.

Out of the top 500 brokerages, Michael Saunders & Company was ranked #70 in sales [...]

Recently, a distinguished panel of the industry’s top technology and marketing officers was tasked by Real Trends—a leading real estate publisher and industry analyst—with paring down a list of 750 potential winners to just one. In the end, their choice for the best real estate website in the U.S. was [...]

REAL Trends reviewed 750 real estate brokerages across the country to determine the best websites in the business. From design to mobile experience and property detail pages, 70 judging panelists made up of real estate chief technology and marketing officers analyzed and voted on the best website elements across the board. Based on [...]