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.

The One With the Piano-Playing Bunnies in Houston

By Bethany Erickson / May 8, 2019 /

Do you like rabbits? Like, lots of rabbits? Like all over your house with the bunnies? Have we got the Wednesday WTF for you. No, seriously. Yeah, yeah, I know that this house looks normal. But do you know me at all? Of course, there’s something else about this house. We. Do. Not. Do. Normal.…

Allen Traditional on Cul-De-Sac Shines With Updates

By Bethany Erickson / May 7, 2019 /

This week’s Tuesday Two Hundred, an Allen Traditional with some pretty gorgeous updates, came to us from a Facebook pitch from the staging company — a name we’re starting to see a lot of in these parts. Sarah Nowak with Blackwood Homes (which is a construction company and a staging company and, well, they really…

Vista Bank Announces New Fort Worth Market President

By Bethany Erickson / May 7, 2019 /

Vista Bank named a new president for its Fort Worth market, Cushman and Wakefield announced a new hire, and Governor Greg Abbott named a new chair of the Texas Real Estate Commission. The 107-year-old Vista Bank announced last week that it had hired Fort Worth banking veteran Grant James to head its market there, where he…

Texas Sellers Spend About 10 Years In Their Homes, New Report Says

By Bethany Erickson / May 6, 2019 /

Two Dallas ISD schools make a national list of best high schools, the 2019 Texas Homebuyers and Sellers Report​ is out, and we take a look at how the state housing market fared in March, all in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Two Dallas ISD High Schools Ranked in Top 20 Nationally The…

And Then There Were Two: Election Day Sets Stage For Mayoral Runoff

By Bethany Erickson / May 5, 2019 /

With nine candidates vying to become the next mayor of Dallas, it was a foregone conclusion that there would be a runoff. But that doesn’t mean election night wasn’t without its surprises. Early on, despite the crowded field, Johnson and Griggs stayed ahead of the field, with Johnson maintaining about 20 percent of the vote,…