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.

Keller Williams Acquires Startup Smarter Agent In Shot Over The Bow of Zillow, Redfin

By Bethany Erickson / September 6, 2018 /

Keller Williams announced Wednesday that it was acquiring Philadelphia startup Smarter Agent in what company leadership says is part of the company’s $1 billion tech fund. The company told Inman that its newest purchase is a mobile-first platform that connects to more than 650 multiple listing services (MLS). It also allows brokers and agents to…

Hampton Hills Home Embraces Original Charm, With A Few Updates

By Bethany Erickson / September 5, 2018 /

The Hampton Hills neighborhood is one of the few remaining mostly undisturbed groups of post-war cottages left in Dallas — and many of them were built by one family. According to local lore, Oak Cliff Realtor Wiley Roberts and his sons took on the post-war housing shortage by committing to building in Hampton Hills. Although…

To the 500 People Who Sent Me This Houston Listing, Yes, It’s a WTF

By Bethany Erickson / September 5, 2018 /

Some days the Wednesday WTF is harder to find than others. And some days, 500 people email, text, or message you to tell you that they found the perfect WTF in Houston. This would be that week. And don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining one bit. It’s always fun when a house resonates so…

Lovingly Updated Historical Irving Heritage District House — For $245k

By Bethany Erickson / September 4, 2018 /

It’s not every day that you find a historic home for less than $300,000 that doesn’t need a ton of improvements. But for today’s Tuesday Two Hundred, we’ve found one that really ups the ante on historical. How? For one, this 1904 Folk Victorian was home to three Irving mayors. But more importantly, the Howard-Beaufford…

Dallas Ranks Near Top of List of America’s Boom Towns

By Bethany Erickson / September 3, 2018 /

How big of a boom is Dallas experiencing? What North Texas town had more housing voucher denials than the other metros tested in a recent study? How does Dallas compare to the rest of the country when it comes to rental increases? How does Texas rank among big states when it comes to information you…