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.

University Park Hip Pocket Easy Walk to SMU and Shopping

By Bethany Erickson / September 1, 2019 /

It’s within walking distance of shopping and SMU, and across the street from McCulloch Middle School, but you’re not going to find this University Park listing from Doris Jacobs in the MLS. The single-family attached residence at 3456 Granada Avenue is a hip pocket, and a rather luxurious one for being priced well below $1…

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Stunning Preston Hollow Home Makes Luxury Lease List

By Bethany Erickson / August 31, 2019 /
Preston Hollow

When North Texas is at the top of the list for corporate relocations nationally, finding a home perfect for an executive and his or her family can be a chore. It’s one of the reasons, Realtors tell us, that many who move to Texas rent first, and buy later. This week’s luxury lease, a gorgeous…

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Renovated, Affordable Home Zoned for A-rated Gonzalez Elementary

By Bethany Erickson / August 31, 2019 /

Located in the Piedmont Addition, Dallas ISD’s Henry B. Gonzalez Elementary has a lot to celebrate — it just started its first year as a personalized learning academy, and even better, it was given an A grade this year by the Texas Education Agency. In fact, Gonzalez didn’t just earn an A — it also earned…

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The One We Can’t Say In the Headline Because Uh, Yeah …

By Bethany Erickson / August 28, 2019 /
headline

So, hi. I hope you aren’t currently eating your breakfast, because I couldn’t put what today’s Wednesday WTF was about in the headline because, well, it’ll put you off your feed entirely. You see, this week’s story comes from (as many of the best WTFs do) Florida, where a couple bought a luxury vacation home…

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Fort Worth Country’s Third-Fastest Growing City, CityLab Analysis Reveals

By Bethany Erickson / August 26, 2019 /
Fort Worth

Fort Worth is the country’s third-fastest growing city, North Texas cities are in the middle of the pack when it comes to being flip-friendly, and DFW rents rose — but not by as much as the national rate. We have all this in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Fort Worth Country’s Third-Fastest Growing City…

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