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:
Covid exacerbates rent disparity, sales plunge in the city, & more
September 11, 2020 - 10:30 AM
The Legal Aid Society will sue the city over its plan to move homeless New Yorkers with disabilities out of a shelter in Manhattan.
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Manhattan vacancy rate hits grim 5 percent benchmark
September 10, 2020 - 09:30 AM
Manhattan’s vacancy rate topped 5 percent in August—a theoretical benchmark for preserving rent-regulated apartments—and just one of several grim records that underscores how weak the New York City rental market has become.
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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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