Finding an experienced agent in Lakeway
Experience in Lakeway is best measured by closed transactions in the area rather than years holding a license. Mary Hickey has been a Broker Associate with Keller Williams since 2000, has lived in the Lakeway area since 1990, and has 631 closed sales recorded in Unlock MLS across Austin and Lake Travis, worth about $432 million. She has been named to Austin's Elite 25 five times and to the Austin Business Journal's top 25 individual producers eleven times.
Years licensed is the weakest signal
Anyone can hold a license for twenty years and close four houses. What matters is how many transactions someone has actually closed in the specific area you are buying or selling in, and how recently.
Ask any agent for their closed transaction count in your zip code over the last three years. The MLS records it. An agent who cannot produce that number quickly is telling you something.
What to check before you hire
Four things are worth verifying, and all four are public or easy to ask for.
- Closed sides in your area in the last twenty four months, from the MLS not a website
- Whether they have represented both buyers and sellers, which shows how the other side thinks
- Their license status and any disciplinary history at trec.texas.gov
- Whether the awards they cite are peer-reviewed or paid placement
Mary's record
Mary joined Keller Williams in 2000 and has worked the Lake Travis corridor since. Her closings run from the low four hundreds in Steiner Ranch up through waterfront on the main body of the lake, which is unusual. Most agents settle into one price band and stay there.
She has lived in the area since 1990. That matters when a buyer asks which streets flood, which septic systems are original, and which HOA has an assessment coming.
Common questions
How many homes has Mary Hickey sold?
631 closed sales are recorded under her MLS agent ID in Unlock MLS, going back to 2001, totalling roughly $432 million. She represented the seller on 445 and the buyer on 204. Closed leases are excluded from that count rather than folded in to inflate it.
Is Mary Hickey a broker or an agent?
She is a licensed Texas real estate broker working as a Broker Associate with Keller Williams Luxury. A broker license requires more education and experience than a sales agent license.
Does she only work in Lakeway?
No. Most of her volume is in the Lake Travis corridor, and she also closes in Westlake, Barton Creek, Steiner Ranch, Spicewood, Bee Cave, and central Austin.