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.

Stone Cold Bunkin’ in My Worcester County Bunkah

By Bethany Erickson / November 14, 2018 /

It’s not just readers that like to send me weird listings now. I have friends that like to send me weird listings, and this week’s Wednesday WTF in Worcester County, Massachusetts comes courtesy one of my friends, a Realtor and contractor near Boston, Massachusetts. Sidebar: If you ever need a house remodeled or built in…

North Cliff Minimal Traditional Bungalow Scores Points for Vintage-Update Mix

By Bethany Erickson / November 13, 2018 /

When you ask Realtors to pitch their listings, it becomes hard to pick which one to feature — and that’s a great problem to have. This week’s Tuesday Two Hundred is in North Cliff and is a great example of how you can mix well-cared-for vintage aspects of your historic home with new, thoughtful updates.…

BREAKING: Amazon to Pick NYC, Northern Virginia for Split HQ2

By Bethany Erickson / November 12, 2018 /

It started with 238 cities vying for one second headquarters for online retail giant Amazon, but if reports Monday night are correct, it’s now down to two cities that will split the headquarters — and neither city is Dallas. Instead, the headquarters will be divided between Long Island City, New York, and Crystal City, Virginia, the…

Real Estate News: North Dallas Chamber of Commerce Views New Urbanism

By Bethany Erickson / November 12, 2018 /

The North Dallas Chamber of Commerce will examine the economy and new urbanism, a certain shiplap-happy couple will be returning to the airwaves, and we take a look at Texas housing sales, all in this week’s roundup of real estate news. NORTH DALLAS CHAMBER HOSTS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Former Dallas chief of economic development Raquel Favela…

Amazing Galveston Home Housed Texas Retail Royalty

By Bethany Erickson / November 11, 2018 /

It’s not often that the home of what many would consider to be Texas retail royalty comes up for sale — which is why this week’s historical shelter in Galveston immediately caught our attention. The Victorian Robert I. Cohen built in 1896 is a half mile from the beach and a little more than a…