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 proposed policy change working its way through the Florida state legislature could significantly affect the residential real estate market in Southwest Florida, and the timeline for action may be shorter than many homeowners realize. With inventory already elevated and buyer activity subdued, the prospect of a new tax on home sales is adding urgency ...
While much of the country’s housing market has cooled – with sellers accepting below-ask offers and inventory slowly building – Central New Jersey remains intensely competitive. Coastal desirability, steady migration from New York City, and persistent supply constraints have kept the region’s post-pandemic dynamics largely intact, even as national conditions soften. Caroline Masse (Garguilo), founder ...
A clear divide is playing out in New York City real estate. Renovated apartments and townhomes are selling quickly, sometimes before the listing goes live. Older units with dated kitchens and tired bathrooms are sitting for weeks, collecting price reductions while sellers struggle to understand what went wrong. The difference isn’t location or even price. ...
Brooklyn has had quite a run. Neighborhoods that were considered overlooked a decade ago, Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights, Bushwick, have seen townhouse prices jump from $1 million to $2 million to $3 million to $5 million. Sunset Park quietly became one of the borough’s better values. And during COVID, buyers flooded in looking for space, backyards, ...
For deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans, buying or selling a home has long meant navigating a process designed without them in mind, from phone-heavy communication with lenders to fast-moving negotiations where nuance gets lost. A service called Equal Access Real Estate Services, known as E.A.R.S., is working to close that gap by connecting deaf clients with ...
Walk into a Central Jersey open house this spring, and you’ll notice something quickly: the freshly renovated home down the street had four groups through on Saturday. The one two blocks over, same size, same neighborhood, but with original 1980s bathrooms, is still sitting. That gap between what’s selling fast and what’s collecting dust is ...
For most home buyers and sellers, the appraisal feels like a black box. You wait. You hope the number comes back right. And if it doesn’t, everything can unravel fast. But the way homes get appraised is changing – and if you’re buying or selling right now, it’s worth understanding what’s different, because it affects ...
It starts with a phone call. Mom can’t manage the house anymore. Dad passed last year. The kids are scattered across four different states, nobody can take extended time off work, and somehow a four-bedroom house full of 40 years of memories needs to be emptied, repaired, listed, and sold, preferably without anyone having a ...
You scroll through a listing, swipe through the photos, and decide in about 30 seconds whether a home is worth a second look. But those same photos are increasingly doing work behind the scenes, helping determine what the home is actually worth. Real estate companies are now using computer vision, AI that can analyze photos ...
After nearly three years of price declines following the pandemic boom, Central Texas appears to have reached a turning point. Pent-up demand from sidelined buyers, continued employer migration into the region, and stabilizing home values suggest the correction phase is over, and a cautious recovery is underway. The timing matters: with interest rates hovering near ...
The suburbs south of Philadelphia have quietly become one of the more resilient residential markets on the East Coast. While national headlines tend to paint New Jersey real estate with a broad brush, conditions on the ground in South Jersey tell a more specific story, one shaped by professional migration, constrained supply, and buyers who ...
After several years of dramatic price swings, rising insurance concerns, and post-hurricane uncertainty, Southwest Florida’s investment property market is showing early signs of stabilization. For out-of-state investors who wrote off the region during its turbulent correction, the current fundamentals may be worth a second look. Stetson Miller, Broker Associate at The Simonelli Real Estate Group, ...
Along the Jersey Shore, where waterfront communities stretch across Ocean, Monmouth, and Atlantic counties, the real estate market has settled into a more measured rhythm after years of pandemic-driven intensity. For agents working this territory, the ability to read current conditions and price properties accordingly has become the defining skill separating successful transactions from stalled ...
Buying or selling a home ranks among the most financially significant and emotionally exposed moments in a person’s life. Most people do it only a handful of times. Each time the market changes, the rules feel different, and the stakes feel high. The confusion is not a personal failing. The process is genuinely complex, and ...
The frenzied pace of Miami’s pandemic-era real estate market has given way to something more measured. Inventory is growing, days on market are stretching, and buyers are taking their time. For agents who built their business during the boom years, the current environment demands a different approach. For those who have adapted, the opportunities remain ...
