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.

Connecticut Abode Once Home to Peter Pan On the Market

By Bethany Erickson / January 30, 2019 /

It’s not every day that the estate of Peter Pan (or at least someone who played Peter Pan) hits the market, but when we saw this Norwalk, Connecticut listing from Holly Giordano, we knew we had to share. In her Peter Pan, Nellie Forbush, Annie Oakley heyday, it’s not hard to imagine that Broadway legend…

Questionable Choices Plus CandysDirt Staff Equals This Wednesday WTF

By Bethany Erickson / January 30, 2019 /

It started with one photo of questionable design acumen showing up in my Facebook feed. Of course, I had to show it to my coworkers, I mean, have you been here before? Getting my coworkers to react to the things I find while looking for the Wednesday WTF is like 22.3 percent of the fun…

Why GreatSchools Will Never Replace Your Own Research

By Bethany Erickson / January 29, 2019 /

Back away from the Realtor.com, guys. Scroll away from the school rankings on that adorable, completely updated cottage you’ve been loving from afar, but won’t go look at because of its GreatSchools rating, because we’re about to upend your faith in those numbers. I’ve had this column in my back pocket, waiting to be written,…

Casa View Midcentury Cottage Gets Modern Makeover

By Bethany Erickson / January 29, 2019 /

Our Tuesday Two Hundred, by definition of its price point, tends to be a showcase of starter homes — and this week’s updated Midcentury Ranch in Casa View is a great example of a starter home that can be quite long term. So often, we hear the term starter home and assume it means that…

Four North Texas Schools Nominated for Blue Ribbon Status

By Bethany Erickson / January 28, 2019 /

Realtors, take note — there are four schools, in particular, you should know about as you go out today to sell homes in Dallas or Grand Prairie today. We have the details, plus market reports, in this week’s roundup of real estate news.