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.
When a storm destroys a roof, the instinct is to replace it with the same material. The insurance check often covers exactly that: the same style, with the same vulnerability. But in regions where severe weather recurs, homeowners and insurers alike are increasingly questioning that default. That’s according to Renee Ramey, executive director of the ...
A gap is forming in San Antonio’s luxury home market. Homes that listed near a million dollars just a few years ago are now trading in the $700,000 to $760,000 range. These are sharp discounts that would normally attract a rush of buyers. But the buyers who can actually act on those prices are almost ...
Developers are increasingly betting that buyers will pay coastal prices for water they can’t get to the coast for. Engineered lagoons and machine-made surf breaks have moved from novelty amenity to core sales pitch across landlocked and desert markets – Texas, the desert Southwest, and now southern Utah – with several of the resulting communities ...
For six years, Rochester’s residential real estate market operated under a simple rule: list it, and it sells. Property values climbed roughly 75 to 80 percent since the pandemic began, inventory shrank by half, and homes routinely drew multiple offers within days. That era is ending, not with a crash, but with a split. Homes ...
Inventory remains tight across much of New York’s Capital Region and surrounding counties. Still, the frantic pace that defined 2020 and 2021 has given way to something more measured, according to Heather Etzel, a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson with Four Seasons Sotheby’s International Realty. Buyers are no longer waiving inspections or bidding blindly against themselves. ...
The Hudson Valley real estate market isn’t short on demand. It’s short on sellers willing to move. In Dutchess County and the surrounding area, roughly halfway between New York City and Albany, homeowners who locked in mortgage rates of 2% to 3% five or six years ago are staying put, even when their families outgrow ...
San Antonio has long attracted relocating buyers, military families on PCS orders, civilian contractors, and professionals priced out of Austin, because of its relative affordability. But the math that once made the market accessible is now working against both sides of the transaction simultaneously. Sellers who locked in mortgage rates below 3.5% recognize that even ...
Renters in Bergen County, New Jersey, are discovering that their monthly payments already approximate what a mortgage would cost. Local agents say this realization is driving more renters toward condo and townhouse purchases they once assumed were out of reach. Heather Corrigan, a Realtor with RE/MAX Signature Homes who handles rentals and sales across Bergen ...
Homes in Celina, Texas have dropped 15 to 20 percent from their pandemic peaks, and 5.7 months of inventory suggests prices haven’t finished falling. The Dallas North Tollway extension is scheduled to reach the city next year. It will cut commute times to Plano and Frisco, where corporate headquarters employ the relocating professionals who drive ...
Construction lenders appraise progress by visiting a job site and checking visible milestones: foundation poured, framing complete, roof on. That system breaks down when 60 to 80 percent of the building happens inside a factory miles away. For buyers and developers choosing factory-built homes, this mismatch creates delays, awkward drawdown schedules, and friction that traditional ...
The bidding wars in northern New Jersey have migrated away from the places most people expect. Downtown Jersey City – long the default destination for buyers priced out of Manhattan – has softened in recent months, while suburban towns surrounding it continue to generate multiple-offer scenarios. The competitive energy has moved outward, to places where ...
A Brooklyn resident spending an hour on the subway to reach midtown Manhattan could swap that commute for a Metro-North train ride of comparable length, and arrive home to a four-bedroom house with a yard instead of a one-bedroom co-op, according to Thomas Klug, Broker & Owner of Hudson Valley Premier Properties Realty, who has ...
When a city converts office buildings into housing, the headline usually celebrates new apartments. What gets less attention is what happens to the businesses that now have fewer places to lease. In Manhattan, residential conversions have removed enough supply to shift the power balance between landlords and tenants, and the effect is accelerating, according to ...
In central New Jersey’s Monmouth County, where bidding wars and over-asking sales are routine, the hottest zip codes are not always where the best investment math lives. According to Jonathan Gruebel, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Realty who has worked the Monmouth County market for more than 30 years, value increases as buyers move south, ...
A data point from early 2026 caught attention in the Rochester, New York, market: property values dropped roughly 2 percent between February and May. In a region where prices have climbed steadily for six years, even a modest dip raises a natural question: is the correction finally here? According to Mark Siwiec, Broker/Owner & CEO ...
