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.
People still move to Florida expecting a bargain. No state income tax, warm weather, reasonable home prices – that was the pitch for decades. But buyers relocating to Tampa Bay in 2026 are discovering a cost structure that the listing price doesn’t reveal: insurance premiums driven up by hurricane risk, property taxes that run higher ...
Raw land has spent most of the last few years as a quiet inflation hedge, a finite, tangible asset that investors treat as reliable protection against inflation because the cost of land tends to rise alongside the cost of everything else. Rural land prices in particular held firm through 2025 and into 2026, with no ...
Two towns can sit the same distance from Manhattan, offer the same dining and entertainment, and line the same river, yet trade at prices that differ by a factor of three. That gap, playing out right now between New Hope and Easton along Pennsylvania’s Delaware River corridor, illustrates how housing density and supply constraints create ...
Six months ago, Vero Beach’s barrier island market was still absorbing a pricing correction that had brought values 20 to 30 percent off their peaks. That correction has now translated into transaction volume that few coastal Florida markets are matching. Single-family closings in the 32963 zip code rose 27.9 percent in the first seven months ...
Dallas-Fort Worth continues to attract relocating buyers at a steady pace, but the market’s central tension in 2026 has little to do with demand. The challenge is on the supply side, specifically, the volume of new construction inventory that has accumulated since the post-COVID building boom and is now pulling buyers away from existing homes. ...
Banks price foreclosure homes to attract owner-occupants, but most of those homes cannot pass the appraisals that owner-occupants need to get a mortgage. The result, according to Janet Knopp, Principal Broker / Agent at Capital Region Preferred Properties LLC, is a market where REO properties sit in limbo, wanted by two buyer types but workable ...
During the post-COVID frenzy, entry-level buyers in Arizona’s West Valley were effectively priced out, not always by the home itself, but by the terms surrounding it. Prices ran up, sellers refused to help with closing costs, and the math didn’t work for someone who’d scraped together a down payment but had nothing left over. According ...
A population that doubles sounds like guaranteed appreciation. More people means more demand, which means your home is worth more, right? That is the assumption many buyers carry into fast-growing markets. But in Collier County, Florida, where local economic development officials project the population could double within the next eight to ten years, the math ...
In most housing markets, down payment assistance helps first-time buyers close a gap they could eventually bridge on their own. In Baltimore City in 2026, it has become the deciding factor in whether a finished rehab sells or sits, according to Salinda Adams, a Realtor and home improvement contractor at United Real Estate Executives who ...
When buyers look at Chicago and see property tax rates pushing toward 2 percent – sometimes higher in the suburbs, most recoil. But according to Chris Katsulis, Founder & Team Leader of the C. Thomas Group at The Nav Agency in Chicago, that heavy tax burden may be doing homeowners a favor by suppressing the ...
For most sellers, pricing a home “at market value” sounds like the responsible move. Pull comps, match the range, list. But in parts of West Austin right now, pricing at market value is functionally the same as overpricing, and sellers who want to move their homes in a reasonable timeframe need to list below it. ...
Homeowners in Lake Nona, Florida, who purchased between 2021 and 2023 and then refinanced to pull out equity are now discovering they cannot sell without writing a check at closing. The pattern is still small in scale, but it carries echoes of a much larger crisis, and it is already showing up in closed transactions. ...
Converting a parcel from general commercial zoning to a mixed-use planned unit development in Lebanon, Ohio, took less effort than getting a routine construction permit in a larger city nearby. That speed gap between small municipalities and major metros has direct consequences for homeowners and buyers near rezoned corridors; the commercial character of a neighborhood ...
In most housing markets, the question “what did that house sell for?” anchors every negotiation. Buyers pull comps, sellers cite recent closings, and both sides argue over which sale best reflects current value. But in North Texas, a nondisclosure state where sold prices never appear on public records, that anchor barely exists. As of mid-2026, ...
The difference between a well-priced listing and an overpriced one in Charleston is not a few extra weeks on the market. It is a measurable financial penalty that grows steeper as inventory rises and buyers gain leverage. Brian Beatty, Team Leader and Broker at The Brian Beatty Team with Keller Williams Realty Charleston, has tracked ...
