Every Fall Lakewood Ranch, Florida presents its annual Tour of Homes where visitors can experience all the excitement of the award-winning community to explore over 70 model homes and  enjoy events all month long and have a little fun along the way. Tour of Homes runs from [...]

Michael Saunders & Company supported the 2017 World Rowing Championships by hosting a guest VIP tent during the week-long event. With a bird’s-eye view of races and their dramatic finishes from a prime spot on Championship Row, Michael Saunders & Company employees, agents, clients and affiliated partners spectated, socialized and enjoyed [...]

Finding modern and contemporary design in Lakewood Ranch can be a challenge with the prominence of stunning Mediterranean-styled residences.  Alternatively, this custom home was built with an eye to luxe modern living with a distinct European flair.  A retreat in every sense, the master suite wraps owners in comfort with its opulent [...]

Lakewood Ranch, Florida is an award-winning community named one of the top 10 best-selling master-planned communities for the past for four years in a row.  It is designated as one of the largest green-certified master-planned communities in the U.S. using building products and techniques that result in healthier, more energy-efficient, and [...]

Live and entertain in spacious comfort in this sublime 7600+ sf custom estate, built with a dedication to the finest caliber finishes including rare & extinct 600+ year old wood and sumptuous onyx inlay.     [...]

Curious how the housing market is performing along Florida’s Gulf Coast? Here is everything you need to know about Manatee, Charlotte, or Sarasota real estate from the first quarter of 2017. As a region, we saw a significant increase in homes for sale (also known [...]

Fort Hamer Bridge Inches Closer to Completion

Construction of the Fort Hamer Bridge is approximately 81% complete and extends over 1,850 feet from the edge of the north side of the Manatee River, which includes the length of the beams.  All of the test piles are complete and crews recently completed the construction of pier 5, and are [...]

Privately nestled on Siesta Key canal front, this mid-century Sarasota School of Architecture styled-home is a tropical wonderland surrounded by banyan trees, bamboo, soaring pines and signature Florida palm trees. [...]

Work has begun on the first neighborhoods in Lakewood Ranch Waterside, Lakewood Ranch’s newest village. Located east of I-75 and south of University Parkway, this is the Ranch’s first residential foray into Sarasota County. Pulte Homes broke ground in April of this year on two models in Shoreview, which will consist of 246 single-family [...]

In 2016, Michael Saunders & Company celebrated it's 40th year in business. Having grown from a small storefront on St. Armands Circle to twenty-four offices in three counties, it has always been the unwavering commitment to customers that has been at the core of Michael Saunders & Company through the decades.  Reaching over $2.48 [...]