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.
The Hudson Valley real estate market has moved through several distinct phases over the past six years, the COVID-driven surge, the post-pandemic correction, the rate shock, and now a period that feels, to those working it daily, like a market finding its own footing. For agents covering the region, that means navigating four or more ...
Arkansas rarely makes headlines in national real estate conversations, but in Conway, a mid-sized city about 30 miles north of Little Rock, the dynamics playing out offer a clear window into challenges facing supply-constrained markets across the country. With buildable land nearly exhausted, insurance costs climbing, and an estimated housing deficit of nearly 1,000 units, ...
The pandemic-era migration that reshaped housing markets across the American West has left a lasting imprint on Northern Colorado. What began as a wave of remote workers fleeing California and Texas in search of space, affordability, and outdoor access has given way to a more complex picture, one where prices have climbed, inventory has tightened, ...
Not every Boston suburb that rezoned for new apartments will actually get them. The towns that treated a recent state mandate as a genuine opportunity are already attracting developers. The ones that found ways to comply while limiting real change technically are likely to stay largely the same, and that distinction matters if you are ...
Finding a rental in South Florida has always been competitive. But the barrier to getting approved has risen in ways that catch prospective tenants off guard, and the standards being applied in 2026 are stricter than what most people moving to the area are prepared for. Brokers working the South Florida rental market are flagging ...
Buyers priced out of South Florida’s coastal markets are increasingly looking inland, and agents working rural Marion County say the migration is real and still building. The pattern is driven by a widening affordability gap: as South Florida home prices rose steeply during and after the pandemic, ownership moved out of reach for buyers who ...
Most buyers shopping for a condo in South Florida zero in on location first – the zip code, the view, the proximity to the water. But brokers active in the Miami market argue that buyers are focusing on the wrong variable. In a market where conditions vary sharply from one building to the next, the ...
Sarasota looks straightforward from a distance: warm weather, beaches, a real downtown, prices that still undercut Tampa and St. Pete. For buyers relocating from out of state, the value case seems obvious. What agents on the ground keep finding, though, is that the costs most likely to derail those purchases never appear in the listing ...
Along South Carolina’s coast, between the bustle of Myrtle Beach and the prestige of Charleston, sits a stretch of coastline that has quietly been attracting a growing number of buyers looking for something different. Pawleys Island, one of the oldest seaside resorts in the country, has long prided itself on being, as locals say, “arrogantly ...
Rising insurance premiums, post-hurricane repair costs, and new condominium safety legislation are squeezing Southwest Florida homeowners from multiple directions at once. For those caught between declining property values and mounting financial obligations, the traditional listing route is increasingly unworkable. That reality is keeping cash buyers like Juan Munoz, founder of Sell Florida House Now, consistently ...
Florida’s post-pandemic real estate correction has played out unevenly across the state, and the Treasure Coast, spanning Martin and St. Lucie counties along the southeastern Atlantic shore, offers a clear window into how that cooling is unfolding at the ground level. What was once a straightforward seller’s market has given way to something more layered, ...
The narrative around California real estate has been dominated in recent years by headlines about outmigration, affordability pressures, and remote work reshaping demand. On the ground in Palo Alto, however, the picture looks considerably different. A new wave of wealth, younger buyers, and persistent inventory shortages are defining conditions in one of the country’s most ...
In a city defined by its architectural legacy, a small but distinct segment of the real estate market operates differently. Homes designed by architects, from mid-century modernists like Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler to living practitioners still working today, attract a specific kind of buyer, command a different kind of marketing, and require a different ...
In a real estate environment shaped by elevated interest rates, inflation, and post-pandemic corrections, rural markets are often overlooked. Yet in Marion County, Florida, a quieter but telling story is unfolding, one that offers a useful perspective for investors and professionals watching how smaller, affordable markets absorb economic pressure differently than their urban counterparts. Marion ...
