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.
For years, the housing shortage in DuPage County and the surrounding western suburbs of Chicago has had a straightforward explanation: homeowners locked into mortgage rates of 2% or 3% have little financial reason to sell. But a different source of supply is now filling part of that gap: older homeowners who are downsizing, moving into ...
The most common misconception among first-time homebuyers has not changed much over the years: they believe they need a large down payment and excellent credit to qualify for a mortgage. In parts of Los Angeles County where median home prices sit around $500,000, that belief keeps would-be buyers on the sidelines, paying rent while assuming ...
Six cities in the southeast corner of the Phoenix metro are in a seller’s market. A short drive south, in Maricopa, inventory has accumulated to a degree that could take years to absorb. The difference has less to do with demand, which remains relatively healthy across both areas, and more to do with where new ...
The real estate brokerage landscape in Eastern Massachusetts is consolidating, not because smaller firms are failing, but because the operational demands of running one have grown faster than most small shops can staff for. Regulatory shifts at both the state and national level, the pressure to adopt AI tools, and rising client expectations around marketing ...
New-construction homes in the greater Pittsburgh area are selling rapidly, even as buyers openly complain about the build quality of some of the region’s largest homebuilders. That disconnect between persistent demand and known concerns raises a practical question for anyone shopping for a new build: if the market will not punish builders for cutting corners, ...
In most housing markets, buyers settle on a strategy and stick with it. Bid aggressively, or negotiate patiently. Move fast, or take your time. In the Washington, D.C., metro area right now, that single-strategy approach can cost you a home or cost you thousands in overpayment, because conditions on opposite sides of the Potomac are ...
A signed contract used to mark the point where Philadelphia home sellers could exhale. That assumption is breaking down. Buyers who have already signed agreements and put down deposits are backing out before closing, and Alona Richardson, a Realtor with OCF Realty LLC, the largest independent brokerage in Philadelphia, says economic anxiety is driving the ...
When insurance premiums double and the budget is already tight, some homeowners make a choice that would alarm any financial planner: they cancel their coverage and hope nothing goes wrong before the house sells. That is happening in parts of North Houston, according to Roze Swartz, a Redfin agent with 10 years of experience and ...
Buyers relocating to Pittsburgh from San Francisco, Austin, or New York tend to arrive with a mental picture of urban condo living that does not match what the city actually offers, and that mismatch, according to Racheallee Lacek of the Lacek Group at Piatt Sotheby’s International Realty, is the single biggest source of friction in ...
Demand in northern New Jersey does not soften evenly. It softens at the edges first, according to Julia Gaffney, team lead of Elevate Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Prosperity Realty. Counties closest to New York City remain fiercely competitive, but further out, in Sussex and western Passaic County, inventory is climbing, open houses are ...
Conventional wisdom says spring is when you sell a house. The flowers are blooming, the yard looks its best, and buyers are out in force. But in northern New Jersey, where inventory has been well below normal for years, waiting for April or May means walking into the heaviest competition of the year. Julia Gaffney, ...
Across the Las Vegas Valley, rental listings are lingering. Properties that once leased in days now sit for weeks, and in some cases, months. The shift has forced property owners to rethink not just what they charge, but what they offer tenants to get them through the door and keep them there. The change is ...
Harris County, Texas, has roughly six months of housing inventory on the ground, and according to one 23-year Houston-area veteran, the slowdown feeding that surplus is not a brief dip. Sandra Marconi, a real estate agent and MAPS coach with Keller Williams in Houston, said the current environment could last far longer than most buyers ...
In Philadelphia’s residential market, the neighborhoods generating the most buzz are not necessarily the ones where buyers will see the strongest returns. Buyers willing to look past the most hyped areas and hold for at least five to seven years may do better in the less prominent blocks ringing Center City, according to Ariel Morgenstein, ...
When a home sits on the market for months, the instinct is almost always the same: cut the price. In San Antonio right now, where inventory is high and buyers have leverage, that instinct is costing sellers money. Many stale listings were never priced wrong in the first place, according to Janet Wingrove, team lead ...
