Bethany Erickson

Bethany Erickson lives in a 1961 Fox and Jacobs home with her husband, a second-grader, and Conrad Bain the dog. If she won the lottery, she'd by an E. Faye Jones home.
She's taken home a few awards for her writing, including a Gold award for Best Series at the 2018 National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism awards, a 2018 Hugh Aynesworth Award for Editorial Opinion from the Dallas Press Club, and a 2019 award from NAREE for a piece linking Medicaid expansion with housing insecurity.
She is a member of the Online News Association, the Education Writers Association, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the Society of Professional Journalists.
She doesn't like lima beans or the word moist.

Real Estate News: For Texas, It’s a Brick House, And That’s a Fact

By Bethany Erickson / September 24, 2018 /

The Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce announced its slate of speakers for its 14th annual economic summit, the Census Bureau revealed the most common housing materials for new homes in 2017, the Texas Association of Realtors announces a rebranding effort, and we compare Texas housing starts numbers to national statistics in this week’s roundup…

“Selling Is Just Dating,” and Other Wisdom from Ryan Serhant

By Bethany Erickson / September 23, 2018 /

He may have drawn a large crowd at Barnes & Noble-Lincoln Park Saturday afternoon, but Ryan Serhant said that his first three years in the real estate business were actually a big struggle. “This business is so hard,” he told the eager crowd who came to hear him talk about his new book, “Sell It…

From SecondShelters.com: Lorne Greene’s Ponderosa Replica Up for Sale in Mesa, Arizona

By Bethany Erickson / September 23, 2018 /

If you’re of a certain age, or your parents or grandparents are of a certain age and were TV western aficionados, you can probably readily identify the theme song to “Bonanza” — as well as its iconic Ponderosa ranch, home to the Cartwright family. But what many don’t know is that Lorne Greene, who played…

From Facebook: If You Want to Sell Your House, Do This

By Bethany Erickson / September 22, 2018 /

While it might seem like it is easy to sell your house in Dallas when the average days on market hover around 44 (the state average in July was 56) and months of inventory in July hit 2.8 months in Dallas and 3.6 months statewide, it does take some effort still. And that knowledge spurred…

Tarrant County JP Indicted on Property Tax-Related Felonies

By Bethany Erickson / September 21, 2018 /

Longtime Tarrant County Justice of the Peace Jacquelyn Wright has had her fair share of controversy in the 28 years she’s served in that position. But that controversy may be outpaced by Wednesday’s news that a grand jury indicted Wright, 77, on four felony charges related to homestead exemptions she claimed. It is alleged that…