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.

Unique Architecture Sets Chapel Valley Road Contemporary Modern Apart

By Bethany Erickson / June 29, 2018 /

We’re suckers for unique architecture here at CandysDirt, and when Rocky Zablan of Dallas City Center Realtors showed off this contemporary modern listing in Bluffview on day on Facebook, I’ll confess — I immediately asked him for more details. We talk a lot about curb appeal, but this 2,162 square foot home at 9119 Chapel…

Economists Predict Recession, But How Soon?

By Bethany Erickson / June 27, 2018 /

There’s been a pretty steady drumbeat from leading economists — a recession is coming. In fact, at this month’s National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism convention, all three economists on a dais one Friday found themselves agreeing on two things: a recession is coming, and real estate won’t be the impetus this time. Frank…

It’s Pretty, It’s Terrifying, It’s Pretty Terrifying

By Bethany Erickson / June 27, 2018 /

Hi, do you like going on vacation and waking up and achieving that terrifying feeling that you’re about to plumb fall off a mountain? I mean, if you’re a longtime reader of the Wednesday WTF, you probably will say yes because you have a perverse fascination with things that are fascinatingly messed up, so you…

Who Had the Hottest US Market in May? Midland, Texas

By Bethany Erickson / June 25, 2018 /

If you live in Midland (or follow Texas real estate), it comes as no surprise — economists are saying that the market is hot, hot, hot. How hot? Last month, the city was at the top of Realtor.com’s Hottest Real Estate Markets rankings (out of 300 metro areas) — beating out the Boston area by…

Foreclosure Starts Up, Dallas-Fort Worth Outperforms State in Home Sales

By Bethany Erickson / June 25, 2018 /

Foreclosure starts are up locally, Dallas-Ft. Worth market continues to significantly outperform all other cities in the state when it comes to home sales, and several local cities and towns are among the top places in Texas to live. We take a look at all of that and more in this week’s roundup of real…