Alejandra Rodriguez-Villamizar is a communications specialist, editor, and researcher based in Medellín, Colombia, with experience working at the intersection of investigative journalism, strategic communications, and multimedia storytelling.
She is currently Editorial Consultant at KeyCrew, where she leads and refines editorial processes, and manages and mentors the editorial team. Before this role, Alejandra coordinated multimedia content production and designed impact metrics. She conducted in-depth research on organized crime across Latin American countries, contributing to investigative reports that inform public debate and policy discussions. Her career also includes work in digital strategy and audience engagement at University College London, where she supported the Anthropology Department’s outreach and career initiatives.
Alejandra holds a BA in Communications and Journalism from Universidad EAFIT and an MSc in Politics, Violence and Crime from UCL, graduating with distinction. Her work is grounded in a people-centered approach that combines rigorous research, clear storytelling, and strategic thinking to generate social impact.
A growing number of Canadian homeowners over 55 are making a choice that would have seemed counterintuitive a generation ago: selling the family home and renting an apartment instead of buying a condo. For long-time homeowners who want flexibility and less maintenance, renting in a secondary market may now be the smarter financial and lifestyle ...
If you are an investor eyeing Miami real estate, the property tax reduction that Florida’s governor is pushing would not help you at all. And if you are a buyer planning to live in the home, it could lower your monthly costs while simultaneously driving up the price you pay to get in. Luxury market ...
If you own a vacation rental property on Florida’s 30A and manage it yourself from out of state, the regulatory environment in 2026 may be working against you more than you realize. Property managers operating in Walton County describe a compliance landscape designed to rein in bad actors, but one that functionally penalizes any owner ...
The Philadelphia suburbs have not experienced the wave of price reductions spreading through other U.S. markets in 2026 – but that does not mean transactions are closing without friction. The pressure points are specific: buyers who overbid without the cash to cover appraisal gaps, and sellers who refuse home inspections in a market that no ...
Most conversations about Los Angeles real estate center on unaffordable coastal markets and residents leaving the state entirely. But not every buyer priced out of metro LA is heading to Texas or Arizona. A steady share is driving north, to the Antelope Valley, where homes between $450,000 and $650,000 sell within weeks and inventory sits ...
National housing data suggests a cooling market, but Monmouth County, New Jersey contradicts that narrative. Inventory sits at 2.7 months of supply – roughly half the five-to-six-month threshold that would indicate balance – and prices continue to climb despite mortgage rates near 6.5%, according to Anastasia Cafiero, a Realtor with Realty ONE Group Central who ...
A mortgage rate is refinanceable. A purchase price is not. That asymmetry is the core argument agents in declining-price markets are making to buyers who have spent two years waiting for rates to drop – and it cuts against the logic that has kept many on the sidelines since 2024. According to Audrey Ethridge, Founder ...
Single-family homes in Palm Desert’s gated golf communities are holding value and selling quickly. Condominiums in the same communities are not. The split has less to do with location or club membership than with whether a unit has been renovated, and in a market where three-quarters of owners use their homes only four to five ...
The assumption that higher interest rates have frozen buyers out of the market doesn’t hold up everywhere. In the San Antonio and Texas Hill Country corridor, transactions are happening, but on terms that favor patience and precision over urgency. Prices are declining month over month, inventory is stacking up, and sellers who haven’t adjusted their ...
The accessory dwelling unit market has quietly moved from a niche housing concept to a more mainstream solution. Affordability pressures, an aging demographic, and a wave of supportive local policies are pushing more homeowners and investors to consider what a backyard structure can actually do for them. Peter Anadranistakis, Founder and CEO of OxygenHaus and ...
Few real estate markets in the Northeast tell a more layered story than Newburgh, New York. Situated on the Hudson River about 90 minutes north of Manhattan, this small city of roughly 30,000 people has spent decades navigating the consequences of mid-20th century urban planning decisions that left entire neighborhoods hollowed out. Today, it sits ...
A broken dishwasher seems simple enough. A tenant reports it, someone fixes it, life moves on. But between the initial request and the completed repair, a single work order can pass through dozens of hands, scheduling, compliance checks, site visits, invoicing, job sheet documentation, each step adding cost, time, and administrative friction that building owners ...
The narrative around Seattle’s high-end real estate market has taken a particular shape in recent months: wealthy residents are leaving, the market is cooling, and the Pacific Northwest’s appeal is fading. On the ground, the picture depends on which price tier you’re watching. Below roughly $4 to $5 million, well-positioned homes still draw multiple offers, ...
Not every property type benefits equally from a tight housing market. In Bergen and Hudson Counties, two of the most supply-constrained corridors in the New York metro area, single-family homes and small multifamily buildings are drawing multiple offers and selling briskly. But condos and townhouses are falling behind, weighed down by a double cost squeeze ...
The Mississippi Gulf Coast housing market is not slow. It is split. Homes in good condition priced below $250,000 are still attracting multiple offers and selling within weeks. But properties priced above that threshold, particularly those where sellers are anchoring to pandemic-era valuations, are sitting for months. The agents working this market say the problem ...
