Michael Saunders makes top 500 real estate ranking

Sarasota-based Michael Saunders & Co. is ranked 77th nationally with near-record 2022 sales.

By Andrew Warfield
| 5:00 a.m. March 28, 2023

This home was the highest-selling priced property sold in 2022 by Michael Saunders & Company for more than $17 million.

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Thanks to a $3.67 billion sales volume in 2022, Michael Saunders & Co. has been recognized in the RealTrends 500 annual survey of the top 500 residential real estate brokerages in the U.S.

The Sarasota-based real estate company is ranked No. 77 in sales, the highest among locally owned firms. The rankings are based on closed residential sales in 2022.

Founded in 1976, Michael Saunders & Company has more than 600 agents across Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties. A 12,000-square-foot waterfront estate in Sarasota’s Harbor Acres was the company’s largest sale in 2022, closing at $17.5 million in July. It also set a record for the highest-ever residential sale in the tri-county region.

“It is truly an honor to be recognized among the top 15% of real estate companies across the U.S. for sales volume,” said founder and CEO Michael Saunders in a news release. “We are very proud of our 2022 performance, which culminated in the second-best year in sales volume in the company’s history.”

Now in its 35th year, the RealTrends 500 is produced by RealTrends, a part of HW Media.

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Andrew Warfield

Andrew Warfield is the Sarasota Observer city reporter. He is a four-decade veteran of print media. A Florida native, he has spent most of his career in the Carolinas as a writer and editor, nearly a decade as co-founder and editor of a community newspaper in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.