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:
Net vs. gross rent confusion spurs StreetEasy to change how listings present concessions
September 4, 2020 - 13:30 PM
Misunderstanding gross rent vs. net effective rent is an issue for many renters—in a recent StreetEasy survey, 40 percent of renters say they’re confused by net effective rental pricing—and that confusion has prompted StreetEasy to change the way it presents rents in listings.
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Malls get the green light, a no-fee apartment boom, & more
September 4, 2020 - 10:30 AM
And, a profile of Communities Resist, a nonprofit that defends tenants in Bushwick and other North Brooklyn neighborhoods from housing discrimination and landlord harassment—for free.
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Trump wants to defund NYC, protests seek relief for tenants, & more
September 3, 2020 - 10:30 AM
And: Some NYC teachers are asking a state judge to keep schools fully remote for the upcoming semester.
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Exodus of NYC buyers to the suburbs slowed in August
September 2, 2020 - 16:15 PM
In The Elliman Report for new signed contracts for August—which covers Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island, the Hamptons, the North Fork, Westchester, Fairfield, and Greenwich—month-over-month comparisons show a decline for the nearby suburban counties of Long Island, Westchester, and Fairfield.
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Bracing for evictions, sales of NYC apartment buildings plunge, & more
August 31, 2020 - 10:30 AM
And elected officials want to defer a set of tax lien sales, through which unpaid property taxes or water bills are sold to a buyer who can then enforce judgements against a property.
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How to sell your NYC apartment when you have left the city
August 31, 2020 - 09:30 AM
New York City sellers who have left the city are relying more on brokers and organizers to do a wider variety of tasks—and making more use of virtual technology. They’re delegating the jobs of decluttering, finding contractors, and overseeing repairs, and relying on a wider number of apps to meet up with professionals in real time, and to coordinate it all. Of course, it also means paying to get things done.
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