Nancy Lane is a CCIM and a Commercial Broker in Flowood, Mississippi and broker for Lane-Harkins Commercial Real Estate.   Nancy took a circuitous route into the real estate industry beginning with a title company, became a decorator for contractors and then plunged into real estate on the corporate level where she was Director of Real Estate for 18 years.  In 1997 she became an independent broker and formed Nancy Lane Commercial Realty, Inc.  In 2015 Nancy and Josh Harkins, a Realtor and Mississippi state senator, formed a new company, Lane-Harkins Commercial Real Estate, which services several states for commercial property sales, acquisitions, site selection, leasing and management.

Since 1997, Nancy has served on the local, state and national levels for Realtors.  She is a member of the Mississippi Realtor Hall of Fame, was the first full term president of the Mississippi Commercial Division (predecessor to the Mississippi Commercial Association of Realtors) and selected as Realtor of the Year for both local and state.   In 2005, the year of Hurricane Katrina, Nancy was President of Mississippi Association and was instrumental in establishing Mississippi’s Realtor Relief Foundation.

In 1996 Nancy obtained the CCIM designation and in 2004 was named one of Mississippi’s 50 leading business women.

At the National Association of Realtors, Nancy was elected to the Leadership Team as Treasurer for 2021 and 2022.  Additionally, she has served as Chair of Real Property Operations, Vice Chair of Reserve Investments, Vice-Chair of Finance Committee, Chair of Commercial Trends & Issues Forum, 2016 Region 5 Vice President, Director for Realtor Relief Foundation and various other committees

Nancy and Jesse, her husband of over 45 years, worked together at the company.  In addition to real estate, Nancy loves painting, fishing and spending time with her children and grandchildren.  She loves it when the house is full and there are blow up mattresses everywhere.