[1]Michael Saunders Sales Improvement Among Tops In Country.
Michael Saunders & Company was ranked 60th by REAL Trends in total sales dollar volume, up from 88th the previous year. The climb in sales was the 22nd most improved performance in the country. Michael Saunders & Company finished 2010 with $1.432 billion in closed sales, a 21% increase in dollar volume over 2009. In addition, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World®, of which Michael Saunders & Company is the exclusive affiliate for Southwest Florida, was once again named the highest-producing national real estate network in terms of total sales for 2010 within this elite group of the top 500 companies.
“This extraordinary level of performance, coming as it did during one of the most challenging years in our market’s history, makes me doubly proud of our agents and management team,” said company founder and CEO Michael Saunders. “At the beginning of last year we knew that nothing less than a brilliant performance from each of them would be needed to achieve the exceptional results our clients and customers are due. That they so vastly outperformed our market, while making us one of the most-improved real estate companies in the U.S., is a huge tribute to their dedication, talent, teamwork and focus.”
The REAL Trends 500 is an annual research report identifying the country’s largest and most successful residential real estate firms as ranked by closed transaction sides and separately by closed sales volume.
Photo, Left to Right: Michael and Drayton Saunders
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