18-20 Rice St #1, Cambridge — property record card

Residential Condominium built in 1926 in Cambridge, assessed at $2,481,300 for fiscal year 2026; last sold for $850,000 on April 30, 2025.

Rebuilt from the Cambridge assessor file as published by MassGIS — not the official card. For the official card, with owner, photo and sketch, ask the Cambridge assessor’s office.

Parcel

Location	18-20 Rice St #1, Cambridge MA 02140
Map and parcel ID	196-162 196-162-1
Use	Residential Condominium (use code 102)
County	Middlesex

Valuation — fiscal year 2026

Building	$2,481,300
Land	$0
Total assessed	$2,481,300

Building

Year built	1926
Style	TWO-FLOORS
Living area	891 ft²
Rooms	8
Stories	2
Units	4

Last recorded sale

Price	$850,000
Date	April 30, 2025
Deed	Registry of Deeds book 84030, page 0340

4 assessor accounts on this parcel

Condominium units or several buildings share one parcel; each has its own assessment.

Address	Account	Use	Assessed	Last sale
18 Rice St	196-162	CONDO-BLDG	$0	$805,140 March 9, 2007
18-20 Rice St #1	196-162-1	Residential Condominium	$945,600	$870,000 November 16, 2023
18-20 Rice St #2	196-162-2	Residential Condominium	$760,600	$850,000 April 30, 2025
18-20 Rice St #3	196-162-3	Residential Condominium	$775,100	$425,000 August 5, 2010

What MassDEP has recorded

No tier-classified 21E site and no Activity and Use Limitation is mapped on this parcel.

Within about 500 m (a third of a mile): 0 active tier-classified 21E sites and 1 site with an Activity and Use Limitation. All MassDEP sites in Cambridge.

What this means

Assessed 15% below the median residential condominium in Cambridge ($2,924,050, 2,506 parcels).
The last sale price is 66% below the current assessment. Massachusetts assessments aim at full market value as of January 1 of the year before the fiscal year.
Built before 1978: the Massachusetts Lead Law applies when a child under six lives there; ask for any lead inspection or letter of compliance.

Point at the centre of the assessor parcel — not a survey.

Data: Cambridge assessor file for fiscal year 2026, via MassGIS, retrieved October 30, 2026; MassDEP sites retrieved the same day. Sources and freshness. No owner names are published.

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The report for 18-20 Rice St #1

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