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:
NAR broadens ban on hate speech; over 300,000 NYers have left, & more
November 16, 2020 - 10:30 AM
Over 300,000 New Yorkers moved out of the city in the last eight months, according to mail forwarding requests.
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Brokers channel tv's 'Odd Couple' to sell actress Carole Shelley's condo [video]
November 16, 2020 - 09:30 AM
A listings video for the apartment of the late actress Carole Shelley, who starred in the hit television show "The Odd Couple" reimagines Brown Harris Stevens brokers Richard Rosenthal and Mark D. Friedman as the mismatched duo.
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What a Covid vaccine could do for NYC real estate, neighborhoods for luxury renters, & more
November 13, 2020 - 15:00 PM
And: My landlord wants me out for a few days to replace the floors. Am I entitled to a rent reduction?
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The NYC neighborhoods where buyers are getting the biggest deals now
November 13, 2020 - 14:00 PM
From March 16, when NYC went into shutdown mode and September 30th, buyers closed on 6,738 properties listed on StreetEasy, and early three quarters (74 percent) nabbed a discount off the asking price, according to a new report from the listing site that looked at the neighborhoods where buyers are landing the biggest discounts.
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Landlords pull renters back to NYC with low rents and concessions
November 12, 2020 - 11:30 AM
New leases in Manhattan hit the highest October total in 12 years, rising 33.2 percent over October 2019, according to the most recent Elliman Report for Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens rental markets. “It’s the highest October total since the Financial Crisis,” says Jonathan Miller, president and CEO of appraisal firm Miller Samuel and author of the report.
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Are open floor plans still in demand for NYC buyers?
November 10, 2020 - 15:30 PM
Brokers say most (but not all) buyers are still enamored with open floor plans—and New Yorkers are finding new reasons to appreciate this design in the pandemic. Read on to find out who still loves open concept apartments.
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