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.

Narre Lane Mansion Wows With Custom Finishes, Bespoke Design

By Bethany Erickson / April 1, 2019 /

It’s not every day that a mansion on Narre Lane comes on the market at all — usually homes in the extremely exclusive Dallas if-you-have-to-ask-you-can’t-afford-it enclave of Savage Gardens are kept within the families that long ago claimed that tiny haven inside Dallas to themselves, or are quietly shopped among peers who tire of the social…

Several North Texas Cities Make Niche’s Best Places List

By Bethany Erickson / April 1, 2019 /

Which North Texas cities made the cut for Niche’s best places to live list? How did Texas fare in a ranking of best (and worst) states to retire in? How is Texas trending in foreclosure starts? We have all this and more in this week’s roundup of real estate news.

New Home + New Marriage = New Listing in Irving Neighborhood Up for Grabs

By Bethany Erickson / March 31, 2019 /

When Britta Stanton bought the home she and her four children would move into after her divorce a few years ago, she didn’t think she’d ever move again — she loves her home in Irving that much. “I thought I would never move, I decorated it like I would never move, and now I’m moving,”…

Builders Constantly Innovating, Disruption Panelists Say At Sub-Zero Event

By Bethany Erickson / March 31, 2019 /

On the heels of a very popular panel discussion on disruption in the real estate world hosted by the Dallas Builders Association last month, CandysDirt found a way to continue that conversation thanks to our hosts at Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove Showroom in Dallas. Panelists included Matt Mitchell with James Andrews Custom Homes, Chris Dauwe of Rosewood Custom…

Charming Rental Across From Tietze Park Ready for You To Go Walkin’

By Bethany Erickson / March 31, 2019 /

Back in 2011, Dallas band The O’s beckoned listeners to “come away” with them in a Sunday-perfect ditty called “We’ll Go Walkin’,” which started with the line, “We’ll go walkin’ to Tietze Park …” We bring this up, because for one, everyone needs a perfect earworm for a Sunday morning, and because we’ve found a…