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:
Case against rent laws dismissed, Biden hurt by SALT deduction cap, & more
October 2, 2020 - 10:30 AM
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s income tax filings show they were hurt financially by President Donald Trump’s SALT deduction cap.
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Sales of Manhattan co-ops and condos drop but prices show strength
October 2, 2020 - 09:30 AM
The latest Elliman Report, which covers sales of Manhattan co-ops and condos, finds that overall sales dropped 46.3 percent in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the third quarter of 2019, and the impact was felt more in sales of smaller apartments: Studio sales slipped in market share from 14 percent to 12.1 percent, and one bedroom sales fell from 41 percent to 37.7 percent of the market as sales of larger-sized apartments gained more traction.
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With more NYers working from home, could offices be turned into apartments?
September 28, 2020 - 12:30 PM
The past may have some clues for the future. New York and other cities around the U.S. saw a wave of commercial-to-apartment conversions in the last decade. A new report from RentCafé using Yardi Matrix data takes a look at this trend and some of the more unusual conversion projects around the U.S.—like a former bomb shelter in South Carolina, stadium in Indianapolis, and a funeral home in New Orleans.
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Asking for a rent discount, outdoor dining goes year-round, & more
September 28, 2020 - 10:30 AM
Mayor Bill de Blasio finally decided that the city’s outdoor dining program will extend through the winter months and be permanent in NYC.
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Defending the new rent laws, NYC's missing streets, & more
September 25, 2020 - 10:30 AM
And, New Yorkers are realizing the city is not actually the center of the universe and they can live elsewhere.
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Renting extra living space for a home office or learning pod in NYC? Here's what you should know
September 24, 2020 - 14:30 PM
New Yorkers need room for working or learning from home as pandemic living spaces do double or even triple duty. If you’re considering renting out a neighbor’s spare room—or making some money on the side by renting out your own extra space—it’s a good idea to be aware of the rules about commercial use of residential space in NYC.
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