Spencer Lane

Spencer Lane

Managing Director
spencer.lane@compass.com
M: 617-872-0030

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Client Testimonials
★★★★★
"Choosing Spencer for the sale of our Cambridge condo was a fantastic decision. He was thoughtful, detail oriented, responsive and super knowledgeable about the local market. His marketing and pricing strategy was executed flawlessly and our outcome was exactly as he predicted. He seamlessly coordinated showings, inspections, and appraisals with our tenant and really relieved the stress of selling our home. Hiring Spencer is a 100% no brainer. If you are buying or selling a property in the Greater Boston area there is nobody better." - Mike T

★★★★★
"Spencer is a Cambridge real estate genius. I've worked with several agents in the area, and Spencer is head-and-shoulders above them in his understanding of market timing and pricing. He secured an outstanding offer for my condo that was well above the (and market) price, and then followed up to ensure the transaction was closed quickly and successfully. A true professional." - Simon S

★★★★★
"I am so glad that I ended up working with Spencer for my first condo purchase. Throughout the process, he was patient, responsive, helpful and humorous when the occasion called for it! He helped me put together an offer-even giving input on the offer letter--that helped me get my first offer accepted, even though the property had multiple offers in the competitive market. Although I had no experience in the real estate market and asked a lot of questions, I never felt pressured to go higher than I needed to. Spencer provided a great balance of perspective and straight facts that enabled me to move forward in my comfort level while understanding the realities of the Boston area housing market. After the offer was accepted, Spencer went above and beyond, giving me recommendations for home improvements and general advice. I am very grateful to him and would recommend him without hesitation!" - Dvora T.

★★★★★
"I had done a lot of -hunting, and realtor-hunting, prior to meeting Spencer, and after working with him for a week, I dropped all other relationships. Spencer is hands-down the best professional I worked with over my long search. His detailed property-level knowledge of Cambridge and Somerville far exceeded anyone else's, he was honest and candid in his feedback of each property, and he had amazing negotiating advice that helped me win a competitive bidding process. Even more, Spencer was always available when I got nervous or needed questions answered, and there's no way I would have ended up with my amazing new home without him. I couldn't endorse Spencer more strongly, and give him 5 stars across the board." - Ted W.

★★★★★
"Spencer, Lauren and their team were a pleasure to work with and we recommend them in the highest possible terms. The Cambridge market is complicated, fast-moving, and highly competitive, and Spencer was phenomenal in helping us prepare and market our property to get the best price and smoothest escrow possible, which made our subsequent purchase (nearly!) worry-free." - David O.

★★★★★
"I don't think you could find a better and get the full-service that Spencer and his team provide. He does whatever it takes and has access to great people and contacts. We were able to use his recommendations in the remodeling we're now doing on the we bought, so his involvement doesn't end with the sale. He still checks in on us and provides great ideas for the remodel since we'll definitely be using him again if (or when) we sell our new , which hopefully won't be for a while!" -Sarah P.

Specialties

Buyer's , , Relocation, Consulting, Property Management

Education

Miami University: Business Management/Organizational Leadership
About Spencer
When Spencer Lane enters a house, he’s drawn immediately to the quiet details — the curve of a railing, the integrity behind the structure, and the clues a basement leaves about how a home has aged. With more than 20 years in real estate, those small observations shape the way he works: attentively, honestly, and with a mind that connects how a home is built to how a client will actually live within it.

Spencer fell into real estate in 2004 while helping his mother with administrative work for her growing business. To his surprise, he quickly realized he loved the autonomy and problem-solving the field demanded, and the two soon became partners for more than a decade. Clients now trust him for his precision and candor: he lays out risks and rewards clearly, identifies flaws others miss, and navigates complex scenarios with a steady, architectural logic. He loves the challenge of fitting puzzle pieces together, and his uncanny memory for homes becomes a quiet advantage when people need context years later.

Spencer’s expertise spans Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Lincoln, and Concord — places he’s lived, bought, renovated, or knows by heart. His strengths show up in the moments that matter: negotiating well, spotting issues early, and seeing opportunities others miss. He brings a Sherlock Holmes curiosity to every property, especially in the basement where a home’s truth reveals itself. Most of all, he listens closely to clients’ needs and goals. For Spencer, the right fit is never luck — it’s the result of careful attention and a genuine commitment to the people he represents.

Spencer resides in Lincoln with his family, embracing a life rooted in the outdoors. Off the clock, he’s mountain biking, playing tennis, hiking, or tending to his homestead alongside his three children. Whether he’s navigating a complex sale or caring for his own home, Spencer approaches everything with the same steady discipline: learn more, understand deeply, and guide with intention.

Spencer Lane’s Listings

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a car parked in front of a building
a view of entryway and hall
a living room with furniture windows and a fireplace
a living room with furniture and a fireplace
a bedroom with a bed and wooden floor
a living room with a balcony furniture and a fireplace
a bedroom with a bed and a chandelier
a bathroom with a sink toilet and shower
a kitchen with stainless steel appliances granite countertop a refrigerator and a stove top oven
a kitchen with stainless steel appliances granite countertop a sink and a stove
a view of a outdoor seating area with furniture
front view of a house with a large window
a view of a chairs and table in the patio
a living room with furniture and a flat screen tv
a view of a livingroom with furniture window and wooden floor
a kitchen with stainless steel appliances a sink stove and cabinets
a living room with furniture and a flat screen tv
a bedroom with a bed and wooden floor
a bathroom with a toilet and a sink
a living room with furniture and a flat screen tv
a workspace with furniture and a flat screen tv
a kitchen with stainless steel appliances granite countertop a stove and a sink
a kitchen with stainless steel appliances granite countertop wooden cabinets and a counter top space
a kitchen with stainless steel appliances granite countertop a refrigerator sink and cabinets
a living room with furniture and a rug
a bedroom with a bed and wooden floor
a bathroom with a toilet a sink and mirror
a bathroom with a toilet a sink and a mirror
a living room with furniture and a flat screen tv
a living room with furniture and a flat screen tv
a living room with furniture and kitchen view
a living room with furniture and a flat screen tv
a kitchen with cabinets and white appliances
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4
Bedrooms
3,575
Square Feet
0.05
Acres

407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Listed By Compass

$2,395,000

3
Bedrooms
3,575
Square Feet
0.05
Acres

407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
$2,395,000 | 407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Listed By Compass

$2,395,000

3
Bedrooms
3,575
Square Feet
0.05
Acres

407 A Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138

Spencer Lane’s Transactions

Past Sales
a view of a house with a outdoor space

$5,350,000

5
Bedrooms
3,066
Square Feet
0.49
Acres

15 Gurney Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

a view of a yard

$5,000,000

4
Bedrooms
2,839
Square Feet
9.43
Acres

59 Conant Road, Lincoln, MA 01773

a front view of a house with a yard

$4,700,000

6
Bedrooms
6,960
Square Feet
0.27
Acres

175 Coolidge Hill Road, Cambridge, MA 02138

a front view of a house with a yard and garage

$3,035,000

3
Bedrooms
2,003
Square Feet

11 Avon Street, Unit 11, Cambridge, MA 02138

a front view of a house with garden

$2,950,000

3
Bedrooms
3,395
Square Feet
0.12
Acres

257 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

a front view of house with yard and green space

$2,900,000

2
Bedrooms
2,050
Square Feet
0.12
Acres

99 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

$2,900,000 | 38 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

$2,900,000

6
Bedrooms
3,683
Square Feet
0.08
Acres

38 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

$2,600,000 | 364-368 Washington Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

$2,600,000

10
Bedrooms
4,172
Square Feet
0.05
Acres

364-368 Washington Street, Cambridge, MA 02139

$2,510,000 | 788 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02445

$2,510,000

4
Bedrooms
4,148
Square Feet
0.14
Acres

788 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02445

a view of a livingroom and dining room with furniture wooden floor

$2,425,000

4
Bedrooms
2,975
Square Feet
0.08
Acres

55 Mt Pleasant Street, Cambridge, MA 02140

$2,406,012 | 18 Greene Street, Somerville, MA 02143

$2,406,012

4
Bedrooms
3,265
Square Feet
0.05
Acres

18 Greene Street, Somerville, MA 02143

$2,365,000 | 25 Madison Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140

$2,365,000

7
Bedrooms
4,311
Square Feet
0.09
Acres

25 Madison Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140

$2,350,000 | 536 Pleasant Street, Belmont, MA 02478

$2,350,000

6
Bedrooms
4,687
Square Feet
0.65
Acres

536 Pleasant Street, Belmont, MA 02478

$2,350,000 | 21 South Russell Street, Boston, MA 02114

$2,350,000

3
Bedrooms
1,825
Square Feet
0.01
Acres

21 South Russell Street, Boston, MA 02114

a front view of a house with a yard and garage

$2,320,000

4
Bedrooms
4,065
Square Feet
0.25
Acres

17 Parker Street, Lexington, MA 02421

$2,300,000 | 300 Kenrick Street, Newton, MA 02458

$2,300,000

6
Bedrooms
5,400
Square Feet
0.36
Acres

300 Kenrick Street, Newton, MA 02458

$2,255,000 | 25 Weybridge Lane, Brookline, MA 02445

$2,255,000

4
Bedrooms
2,775
Square Feet
0.16
Acres

25 Weybridge Lane, Brookline, MA 02445

$2,250,000 | 4 Day St | Cambridge

$2,250,000

5
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms

4 Day St

Cambridge

Past Rentals
a front view of a house

$5,250

3
Bedrooms

246 Norfolk Street, Unit 246, Cambridge, MA 02139

a kitchen with a table chairs refrigerator and cabinets

$3,950

2
Bedrooms

276 Sidney Street, Unit 276, Cambridge, MA 02139

a living room with furniture and a flat screen tv

$3,930

2
Bedrooms

150 Cambridge Street, Unit A108, Cambridge, MA 02141

a kitchen with stainless steel appliances granite countertop a sink stove and refrigerator

$3,925

3
Bedrooms

27 Paulina Street, Unit 2, Somerville, MA 02144

a kitchen with stainless steel appliances granite countertop a stove a sink and a refrigerator

$3,800

2
Bedrooms

44 Prince Street, Unit 44, Cambridge, MA 02139

$3,550 | 41 Winslow Road, Unit 41, Belmont, MA 02478

$3,550

3
Bedrooms

41 Winslow Road, Unit 41, Belmont, MA 02478

$3,500 | 255 Commonwealth Avenue, Unit 3, Boston, MA 02116

$3,500

2
Bedrooms

255 Commonwealth Avenue, Unit 3, Boston, MA 02116

a kitchen with granite countertop a refrigerator stove and sink

$3,450

3
Bedrooms

50 Beacon Street, Unit 2, Somerville, MA 02143

$3,400 | 132 Perkins Street, Unit 6, Somerville, MA 02145

$3,400

2
Bedrooms

132 Perkins Street, Unit 6, Somerville, MA 02145

a front view of a residential houses with yard

$3,400

2
Bedrooms

390 Huron Avenue, Unit 1, Cambridge, MA 02138

$3,400 | 275 Concord Avenue, Unit 1, Cambridge, MA 02138

$3,400

3
Bedrooms

275 Concord Avenue, Unit 1, Cambridge, MA 02138

$3,000 | 43 Belmont Street, Unit 1, Cambridge, MA 02138

$3,000

3
Bedrooms

43 Belmont Street, Unit 1, Cambridge, MA 02138

a kitchen with granite countertop a sink cabinets wooden floor and stainless steel appliances

$2,950

2
Bedrooms

65 Marlboro Street, Unit 3, Belmont, MA 02478

$2,900 | 65 Concord Avenue, Unit 2, Somerville, MA 02143

$2,900

3
Bedrooms

65 Concord Avenue, Unit 2, Somerville, MA 02143

$2,900 | 248 Walden Street, Unit 3, Cambridge, MA 02140

$2,900

2
Bedrooms
1,200
Square Feet

248 Walden Street, Unit 3, Cambridge, MA 02140

$2,800 | 44 Concord Avenue, Unit 100, Cambridge, MA 02138

$2,800

1
Bedrooms

44 Concord Avenue, Unit 100, Cambridge, MA 02138

a view of a house with a tree

$2,800

3
Bedrooms

21-23 Madison Street, Unit 1, Somerville, MA 02143