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.

Heights Park Midcentury Ranch Renovated With Craftsman-Style Updates

By Bethany Erickson / June 27, 2019 /

A few weeks ago, the boss lady spoke at the Far North Dallas MLS group meeting, and she pretty much immediately emailed staff about a house she just loved in the Heights Park neighborhood in Richardson. Candy got a quick look-see, she said, of this listing from Dan Washburn (of Washburn Realty), and just knew…

The One Where We Go Back to Australia For Obvious Reasons

By Bethany Erickson / June 26, 2019 /

So I want to say right away that we like Australia, as a concept. And as a country, it seems to have some pretty adventurous Realtors. But much like the U.S. Australia also has its share (apparently) of listings that are um, normal on the outside, and well, different on the inside. And listen, we’ve…

Fox & Jacobs Midcentury Ranch Up for Grabs — For Less than $275K

By Bethany Erickson / June 25, 2019 /

We’ve written about Forest Highlands before — the small clutch of Fox & Jacobs homes bordered by Forest Lane, Marsh Lane, and Webb Chapel Road, where some of the more affordable (for the square footage) homes in North Dallas exist. The neighborhood full of Midcentury Ranches has been home to Dallas families since the late 1950s. Built…

Collin County Women’s Council of Realtors To Meet Tuesday

By Bethany Erickson / June 24, 2019 /

The Collin County chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors will meet this week, May housing reports are in, as well as the state unemployment report. We’ll take a look at all this, plus find out if educated workers are moving to Texas, in this week’s roundup of real estate news.

What Can You Get For May’s Median Home Price? You Might Be Surprised

By Bethany Erickson / June 23, 2019 /

May’s home report is in for Dallas, and the median home price is up two percent year-over-year to $260,000, according to statistics from Texas Realtors. What can you get for the median home price in Dallas? We took a look.