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.

Dallas Home Values Hitting Pre-Recession Levels, Study Says

By Bethany Erickson / August 7, 2018 /

Dallas was among nine metros where the bulk of home values have hit pre-recession levels, affordability is hampering one age group in particular from purchasing homes, Zillow is making yet another bid toward world domination, and mortgage rates are ticking up — all this and more in this week’s real estate news roundup.

Dallas’ Affordable Housing Woes Remain Unabated, Report Reveals

By Bethany Erickson / August 6, 2018 /

Even though housing sales in Texas fell 3.2 percent, demand is still strong, the Texas A&M Real Estate Center’s June Housing Insight revealed. The same report revealed that Dallas’ affordable housing problems aren’t anywhere close to abating. The report said that the Texas Residential Construction Cycle (Coincident) Index reached its highest level since 2008 last…

On SecondShelters: Stunning Transformed Church in England Will Make You a Convert

By Bethany Erickson / August 5, 2018 /

Every Sunday for a year, we’ve looked at some incredible historical shelters, but this week we hop the pond to England to take in a stunning church conversion. Listed by Mount and Minster, this church is located in the village of Cold Hanworth, and was built in 1861. Originally All Saints Church, it was built…

From Facebook: Who Can We Blame for the Carpet in the Bathroom Trend?

By Bethany Erickson / August 2, 2018 /

Carpet in the bathroom. For us, a discussion about it started with a picture someone sent for a folder I keep of random godawfulness for a future Wednesday WTF piece. I showed it to Executive Editor Joanna England, because this is how we torture each other during the workday. One thing led to another, and…

Richardson ISD Changes Calendar to Student Holiday on Election Day, Cites Security Concerns

By Bethany Erickson / August 2, 2018 /

Richardson ISD announced Thursday that security concerns have motivated a calendar change this year — one that so far other local districts have not adopted. It’s not unusual for schools to serve as polling locations on Election Day. But RISD officials said that security risks associated with the practice have led them to make Nov.…