Lane Stone | Principal Broker Associate
Principal & Broker Associate
DRE# 01912264
I grew up in Huntington Beach. I went to school here. I bought my first house three blocks from where my parents bought theirs. The streets you’re asking me about are the streets I learned to ride a bike on.
What that means in practice: when you tell me you’re looking at a property in Goldenwest Estates or you’re thinking about selling your home in Sunset Beach, I’m not Googling the area. I’m telling you which side of the street gets the afternoon light, which schools have changed boundaries, and which streets flood in a hard winter.
If you decide to work with me, I’ll be on your deal start to finish. Not an assistant. Not a partner you’ve never met. Me.
Lane Stone joined the Sackin-Stone Team in 2009. He became the team’s Principal Broker Associate in 2018, and today he runs the operation alongside founders Scott Sackin and Philip Talbert.
He was born and raised in Huntington Beach. He attended Marina High School, then Cal State Long Beach. He bought his first house at 26, in a neighborhood his parents had bought their first house in three decades earlier. He’s now sold homes to people he went to elementary school with, and to their kids.
His specialty is the intersection of two client types that most agents treat as separate categories: longtime HB families navigating a major life transition (right-sizing, estate sale, generational handoff), and out-of-area buyers trying to understand what they’re actually buying when they buy a coastal OC home. The common thread is that both groups need a guide more than they need a salesperson. Lane runs that way by default.
Lane is Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE), Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES), and Probate & Trust certified. He’s been the team’s lead on more than 400 transactions since 2009, with an average days-on-market well below the HB area benchmark.
He still lives in Huntington Beach with his family.
Working with HB and coastal OC families who are downsizing, relocating to be near children or grandchildren, or transferring property between generations. SRES-certified, with deep familiarity in Prop 19 tax-basis transfer mechanics and the timing decisions that affect them.
Sales handled with the patience these situations require. Lane works directly with estate attorneys, executors, and trustees to coordinate the sale around the probate or trust timeline rather than around the market.
Clients buying or selling in coastal OC who don't live in coastal OC. Lane has closed deals where the seller was in Boise, the inspection happened over FaceTime, and the keys were handed off through a property manager. The model works because the bench works.
Sunset Beach, Huntington Harbour, Downtown HB, Goldenwest Estates, and the surrounding Newport Heights and Westcliff submarkets. Lane has personally closed transactions on most named streets in those neighborhoods.
Surfing at Bolsa Chica when the swell is right. Coaching his kids’ little league team. Reading military history. Hosting a podcast about Huntington Beach called Unlocking HB, where he interviews longtime locals about what the city was, is, and is becoming.
Working with Lane to sell our home and buy a new one was an outstanding experience. He is truly an expert in his field, and what we appreciated most was that he never once tried to sell us on something or convince us of anything. Instead, he took the time to share his knowledge so that we could make confident and informed decisions.
We just completed a real estate deal with Lane Stone, whom we never met. All our conversations were on the phone or via text and email because my wife and I are out of state. We talked to three other reps before we went with him, and there was absolutely no comparison. Lane was totally accessible, even on weekends and holidays.
Lane and his team, Tawny, Winston, Gary, Catalina, Joanne, they are all second to absolutely no one. Through every step of the entire, and very intimidating process of buying a home, the whole team made the process of buying a home manageable and easy. Every member of his team made it known to us very clearly that they were looking out for our needs and never pressured us for anything.
Tell him what you’re working on. He’ll take 15 minutes on the phone to walk through your situation, no pressure, no canned pitch. If your situation fits another agent on the team better, he’ll say so and route you.