Finding an agent with closings on your street
Ask the agent for their closed transactions in your subdivision by name, then check the count against the MLS rather than their website. Most agents work a handful of neighborhoods deeply and claim many more. Mary Hickey's closings cover 384 distinct subdivisions across 21 cities, with 23 communities around Lakeway and Lake Travis where she has multiple closings, and the counts for each are published on this site rather than described in general terms.
Neighborhood experience is narrower than agents imply
An agent who says they work Lake Travis may have sold twice in your subdivision or forty times. Both statements sound identical on a website, and the difference is worth real money at pricing time.
Subdivision-level history matters because pricing gets decided on a handful of comparable sales. An agent who has personally sold the same floor plan two streets over knows what the appraiser will do with it. An agent working from a printout is guessing with your equity.
Where Mary has multiple closings
These are grouped from the raw MLS subdivision names, because ACTRIS records the same community several different ways. Each figure is closings, both sides, leases excluded.
- Lakeway proper 151, The Hills of Lakeway 65, Belvedere 27, Lake Pointe 23, Alta Vista 20
- Bella Montagna and Round Mountain 18, Spanish Oaks 17, Flintrock 15, Rough Hollow 11, Sweetwater 11, Steiner Ranch 10
- Tuscan Village 7, The Coves at Lakeway 6, The Boulevard at Lakeway 6
- The Canyons at Lake Travis 5, Lakewind Estates 5, Retama Garden Homes 5
- Barton Creek 4, Apache Shores 4, Vineyard Bay 4, Costa Bella 2, Serene Hills 2, Lakecliff on Lake Travis 2
How to verify any agent's claim
Ask for the addresses, not the count. A real record produces a list of specific properties with close dates. A claim produces adjectives.
Then ask which side they represented on each. An agent with twenty buyer-side purchases in your subdivision and no listings has valuable knowledge of what buyers there want, but has never priced and marketed a home on your street. Both are useful. They are not the same thing.
Common questions
Has Mary Hickey sold in my subdivision?
Her closings cover 384 distinct subdivision names. The communities with multiple closings are listed on this page, and if yours is not among them she will say so directly rather than claim experience she does not have. Call (512) 796-4245 to ask about a specific street.
How many closings in a subdivision is enough?
There is no threshold, and context matters more than the raw count. In a 60-home community, three closings is deep knowledge. In a 2,000-home community it is a rounding error. Ask how many homes are in the subdivision alongside the count.
What if no agent has sold in my neighborhood?
That happens in small or new communities. In that case look for closings in comparable nearby subdivisions at a similar price point and property type, and ask the agent to explain which comparables they would use and why.
Can I look up sold homes in my neighborhood myself?
Public portals show much of it, though close prices are not public record in Texas because it is a non-disclosure state. That is a real limitation: the reliable close prices come through an agent with MLS access.
Why does Texas not publish sale prices?
Texas is a non-disclosure state, so closed sale prices are not filed in public records. Estimates on consumer websites here are therefore built on less information than in disclosure states, which is why they can be far off on individual homes, particularly acreage and waterfront.
Does an agent need to have sold my exact floor plan?
It helps but is rarely necessary. What matters is whether they have closed on comparable property types in the same market, since that is what drives both pricing judgement and the appraisal that follows.
How recent should the closings be?
Look for activity in the last 24 months alongside longer history. Recent closings show the agent is currently active, older ones show they have seen more than one market. Mary's record spans 2001 through August 2026 with no gap years.
Should I use a neighbor's agent?
A neighbor's recommendation is a genuinely good starting point, particularly if their sale was recent and went smoothly. Still ask the same questions about closed history and pricing rationale that you would ask a stranger.
What if two agents both have closings on my street?
Then compare on the things that separate them: sale price against original list price, days on market, how many of their listings expired unsold, and who will personally handle your showings and negotiation.
How do I get a straight answer about my specific street?
Call (512) 796-4245 with the address. Mary can pull the closed history for that subdivision from the MLS and tell you what she has and has not sold there.