Jennifer White Karp
Managing Editor
Jennifer steers Brick Underground’s editorial coverage of New York City residential real estate and writes articles on market trends and strategies for buyers, sellers, and renters. Jennifer’s 15-year career in New York City real estate journalism includes stints as a writer and editor at The Real Deal and its spinoff publication, Luxury Listings NYC. A longtime Brooklynite who has sworn off basement apartments, she graduated from Wesleyan University and has an MFA in nonfiction writing from the New School.
Posts by Jennifer White Karp:
11 things NYC landlords are required to provide, and 11 they’re not that might surprise you
April 8, 2025 - 10:00 AM
Brick Underground's list of what NYC landlords are required to provide tenants (like painting the walls every three years), and what they're not (microwave and dishwasher) might surprise you.
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Median sales price for Manhattan co-ops and condos jumps to $1,165,000
April 2, 2025 - 09:30 AM
NYC’s record-setting rental market helped fuel Manhattan’s first quarter sales market, which sent all price indicators sharply higher, according to the latest edition of the Elliman Report.
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New Rent Guidelines Board report justifies a rent freeze, tenant advocates claim
March 28, 2025 - 16:30 PM
The Rent Guidelines Board released a study that said revenues increased 12 percent for landlords of rent-stabilized units in NYC, findings which tenant advocates said justify a rent freeze.
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Understanding net effective rent: Here's how to calculate your real monthly rent
March 26, 2025 - 16:00 PM
To calculate the net effective rent, you take the total amount of concession and divide it by the term of the lease, then deduct that amount from the monthly asking rent. Or you could use Brick Underground's rent calculator.
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Mayor Adams is bringing the tax lien sale back. Here’s how to get your property off the list
March 24, 2025 - 09:30 AM
NYC's tax lien sale outsources the collection of unpaid property taxes and other housing bills and enables owners' debts to be sold to private investors. There are numerous ways to get off the tax lien sale list.
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A sleeper no more: What new condo buyers can get in Kips Bay
March 18, 2025 - 14:30 PM
After little to no development in Kips Bay for nearly a decade, seven new condo developments opened in the past five years.
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