Hot Sales, Listings. . . With a dollop of gossip

Hamptons Hit the Small Screen
Hamptons real estate is getting some national plugs these days, what with the broadcast of Showtime’s The Affair, filmed in Montauk and East Hampton, with terrific views of the light house and interiors of Napeague eatery, Lunch, AKA Lobster Roll. And let’s not forget Kourtney and Khloé Take the Hamptons, which recently hit the airwaves. In between showing the crass (or is it krass?) sisters bickering with their significant others, there are the occasional glimpses of Southampton and the family’s rented North Sea rental cottage. Beach scenes were filmed at the end of Treasure Island Drive in Amagansett where the siblings rented a house for endless makeup sessions. You need multiple layers of mascara before hitting the dunes, if you’re a Kardashian.
 
Just Rewards
The folks at Sotheby’s International Realty are breaking out the Champagne. The firm won its lawsuit against ad guru and TV personality Donny Deutsch who skipped out on paying a commission on the sale of his East Hampton home in 2010. While Deutsch denies that he agreed to pay a commission, a Manhattan judge disagreed. Deutsch chose to wiggle out of the fee when broker Ed Petrie brought investor Howard Marks to the property. Since Deutsch knew Marks, he brokered the deal himself. He now owes Sotheby’s a cool $1.2 million.

Bridget Jones Sells
Besides all the buzz about Renee Zellweger’s new face (hint: she looks gorgeous), there’s also talk about how she just listed her home in East Hampton for $4.45 million. The plot thickens. According to the New York Post, the Bridget Jones star hid her ownership of the property, “filing documents stating her famed photographer pal Bruce Weber as the owner when he is not.” The 2,000- square-foot farmhouse on Egypt Lane, which the actress bought in 2003 for $2.15 million, is the listing of Linda Haugevik of Douglas Elliman Real Estate, who seems to have a monopoly on Hollywood listings. She listed Richard Gere’s North Haven property for a whopping $65 million last year, then lowered it nine months later, in April, to $56 million. Somewhere around August when it was lowered again, to $47.5, she left Sotheby’s to join Elliman. That listing is now shared by three of her Elliman cohorts. She also has the listing for Hollywood producer Sandy Gallin’s Further Lane compound. As for Zelweger’s face, she attributes it to “living a different, happy, more fulfilling life, according to HollywoodLife. We hope she continues to live that life in another property in our hood.

Playboy of the East End
Talking about Tinseltown, Variety recently reported that leveraged buyout honcho, Marc Leder, “sometimes referred to as the ‘Hugh Hefner of the Hamptons,’ ” in reference to his wild parties featuring scantily clad bimbos, is finally buying a house – rather than renting as is his usual M. O. The playboy, said to be worth $400 million, is in contract on an 8,000-square-foot estate in Sagaponack for nearly the asking price of $22.995 million. His summer neighbors on Water Mill’s Bay Lane will be gratified that he will not be renewing his 2014 $900,000 summer rental. They complained loudly about porta-potties on his front lawn and a cavalcade of Escalades that whisked partyers to and fro down the usually peaceful lane. His neighbors to be, take heart: the house boasts soundproofed interiors.

China Syndrome
Looking for an uber wealthy buyer for your mega mansion? Sotheby’s International Realty has opened two offices in Beijing, the better to lure wealthy Chinese buyers seeking overseas investments to their Hamptons listings.

Fast Track
In a lightening speed turnaround, the Sagaponack property of late cable and telecommunications entrepreneur Richard Treibeck went into contract a month after being listed with Gary DePersia of The Corcoran Group. Comprised of two parcels totaling almost 31 acres, the estate sold for near the asking price of $34.99 million.

New Listing
Renovated barn smack dab on Sagaponack Pond. 1.5 acres with rolling lawn that leads to a private dock. Master bedroom features pond and ocean views. $6.5 million Angela Boyer-Stump, Sotheby’s.

Zoe Langstrom is a former public relations exec turned Hamptonite who can be found hiding out in Sag Harbor, dining at the American Hotel, swimming at a secret bay beach, and attending everything at Guild Hall.