From top left: Stuart Epstein of Halstead Property, John Gicking of Sotheby's East Hampton and a for sale sign in the Hamptons

East Hampton wants to shrink the size of real estate signs, and surprisingly, many local brokers are on board.

Patch reported that the village board heard arguments from supporters and opponents of a bill that would restrict the size of real estate signs to 1.5 square feet from 7 square feet. [more]

Veteran Hamptons broker Diane Saatchi has left behind her senior vice president position at the Corcoran Group for the smaller, more “personalized” feel of Bridgehampton-based Saunders & Associates, she told The Real Deal.

Saatchi, who has consistently been named one of Corcoran’s top five East End agents, joined the firm in 2004 after a 12-year stint at Dayton-Halstead, where she was a principal owner. During Saatchi’s tenure, Dayton-Halstead grew from a three- to 60-agent operation before it was purchased by Corcoran.
“If I decided that I wanted to get back into management again there’s room to do that at Saunders where there wouldn’t be at Corcoran,” Saatchi said of her decision to move. “At this point in my life, that smaller culture suits me… it reminds me in many ways of [Dayton-Halstead].”  More
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