Brian and Shelle Pitman, avid Longhorn fans, regularly attend the University of Texas vs. University of Oklahoma game or better known as “Texas – OU”.

By CASSIE MCKEE
Four Points News

Brian and Shelle Pitman have had a big influence on the Four Points community. In the 19 years that they have lived here, they have raised three children, grown a successful start-up business that today has 450 employees, and volunteered for countless civic organizations.

Both from the small North Texas town of Sherman, Brian and Shelle met after finishing college – he at The University of Texas at Austin and she at the University of North Texas at Denton. They had both returned to Sherman to begin their professional careers. Brian went to work for a small title company and Shelle was a science teacher and coach at Sherman High School.

The couple married a few years later and will celebrate their 25th anniversary this year. In 1998, they moved to Steiner Ranch, still a very rural community at the time.

“When we moved to this area, the Four Points H-E-B had not even opened and the only school in the area was Steiner Ranch Elementary,” Brian said. “It has been amazing to watch how the community has grown and evolved during all of those years.”

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Vandegrift grad and current Georgetown University student Bret Reinking enjoyed the inauguration with a group of friends. Reinking also attended the Women’s March on Washington the next day.

Carmen and Fernando Paz, of Steiner Ranch, on the National Mall at the inauguration of the nation’s 45th president on Jan. 20.

By SARAH DOOLITTLE
Four Points News

Steiner Ranch residents Carmen and Fernando Paz and Vandegrift graduate Bret Reinking separately attended the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Friday in Washington, D.C.

The Pazs were in D.C. for four days. “We arrived on Thursday,” explained Carmen. “We went to the concert at the Lincoln Memorial. It was beautiful. It was packed. Very well-attended. I was very pleased with the security… And then we heard the president (elect) speak… Thursday night was fantastic.”

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Bartlett Real Estate compiled data from the Multiple Listing Service from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2016. The Four Points subdivisions in this report are the Comanche Trail area, Grandview Hills/Parke, River Place, Steiner Ranch and Westminster Glen. Data used is the median value.

By LYNETTE HAALAND
Four Points News

Home sales in Four Points decreased slightly last year from 435 in 2015 to 426 in 2016 but the median sale price was up from $490,000 to $495,000, respectively.

Multiple Listing Service data compiled from the Four Points communities of Grandview Hills/Parke, River Place, Steiner Ranch, Westminster Glen and the Comanche Trail area  shows that the median days on market was down from 36 to 29 last year, and the sold price per square foot was up from $156 to $159 last year, as compared to 2015.

“Our area has experienced another strong year,” said Tom Radack, owner Bartlett Real Estate, Keller Williams Realty.

Compared to Travis County, year-end 2016 home sales in Four Points were down 2 percent versus Travis County, which was up 3.3 percent. Median price increased to $495,000 locally and to $335,000 in Travis County.

“Four Points is experiencing a significant shortage of mid to lower priced homes. New construction is priced at or significantly above the median priced homes in the area, and re-sales below the median are few,” Radack said.

Of the current 56 listings as of Jan. 21, 12 are less than $495,000 and three below $400,000.

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