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.

Three Homes to Fall In Love With, All With Open Houses

By Bethany Erickson / February 14, 2019 /

As we’ve mentioned before, every week we solicit pitches for our various featured listing posts, including our weekly roundup of open houses – and we love what you send us. You can tag us on Instagram, or even better, you can join our Facebook group, Getting the Dirt.  It’s a great place to virtually mingle…

50 Shades of Hey-Oh: How One Listing Filled An Inbox in 48 Hours

By Bethany Erickson / February 13, 2019 /

It’s not the first time a unique listing has gone viral and filled our inboxes since we started doing the Wednesday WTF, but this week’s 50 Shades of Real Estate arrived and went viral just in time for Valentine’s Day. I mean, we’ve had half nekkid people, a home with an insane amount of statues,…

Funky Cedar Crest Family Home To Fall In Love With

By Bethany Erickson / February 12, 2019 /

Sometimes you flip through listings and a house just … stands out — like this funky Cedar Crest home with a fun facade and a well-updated interior with a price point that will make some family very, very happy. Unfamiliar with Cedar Crest? We’ve written about listings in the charming neighborhood before, but for the…

Sip Champagne in a Hip Pocket in the Heart of Lakewood

By Bethany Erickson / February 11, 2019 /

Do you follow CandysDirt on Instagram? It’s another great way to get in touch with us, to see what we’re featuring on the site, and to show us what you’re up to — which is exactly what Kate Walters with Allie Beth Allman & Associates did last week when she pitched us this gorgeous Lakewood…

DFW Hits Record Home Prices in 2018, Report Reveals

By Bethany Erickson / February 11, 2019 /

Home sales fell in North Texas in the fourth quarter of 2018, Dallas-Fort Worth hit record home prices last year, and the Arlington Black Chamber of Commerce will hold its Hard Hat Construction Expo — and we have all this and more in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Area Home Sales Fall in…