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.

Lakewood Traditional On Mercedes Estate Block Perfect for Entertaining

By Bethany Erickson / June 6, 2018 /

It’s really no surprise that when a Realtor tells you he has a listing on the highly sought after estate block of Mercedes Avenue, the home is a showstopper. But when Robert Kucharski of the Kucharski Group with David Griffin & Company Realtors is using superlatives like “magnificent,” you best believe him. And that’s why…

Join CandysDirt.com Tomorrow Night and Tour the Residences at CityLine!

By Bethany Erickson / June 5, 2018 /

  Want a peek at a new 32-unit single-family development in Richardson and chat with the CandysDirt.com staff? Head out to Richardson tomorrow, Wednesday, June 6, where we will be hitting the Residences at CityLine with Centre Living Homes at 3451 Market Row, in Richardson.  The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Mortgage Report: Stocks Finish Up Last Week on Strong Jobs and Unemployment Numbers

By Bethany Erickson / June 4, 2018 /

Jobs and unemployment figures released last week revealed that the U.S. created 223,000 jobs in May and the unemployment rate sat at 3.8 percent — a positive for the economy that moved money out of the bond market and back into the stock market. But what does that mean for interest rates? Should we lock or…

Head to Oak Cliff, And Then Richardson, For This Week’s Open House Offerings

By Bethany Erickson / May 31, 2018 /

It’s getting warmer, but before everyone goes on vacation, it’s also prime time to hit at least one open house in Dallas this weekend — and we have some great ones to show you. Every Thursday, we bring you the CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week column. These are the properties in Dallas (and the…

What Native American Land Does Your House Sit On?

By Bethany Erickson / May 31, 2018 /

Sometimes (OK, many times) we get some pretty cool stuff sent our way. Earlier this week, someone shot us a new interactive map that tells you what Native American tribes lived on the land where your house (or business, for that matter) sits. We noodled with it a bit in between deadlines, and it seems…