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:
Tips for sitters and housekeepers returning to work in NYC
June 4, 2020 - 11:00 AM
With NYC entering Phase 1 on June 8th, it’s reasonable to expect that more housekeepers and sitters will be heading back to work sometime in the coming weeks or months. If your babysitter or housekeeper is going to be returning to work for you for the first time, here are some considerations if you’re concerned about safety—and ethics—in the coronavirus era.
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Scenes from NYC protests, shunning mass transit, & more
June 1, 2020 - 10:30 AM
And, New York City’s parks are facing financial hardship and are not getting the usual level of maintenance, trash collection, and gardening.
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No mask, no service, immigrants struggle to pay rent, & more
May 29, 2020 - 10:30 AM
And, mortgage rates fell again to a new record low since March.
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How to improve your NYC apartment for sheltering in place
May 28, 2020 - 14:30 PM
Here's how to incorporate lessons learned from the pandemic into your next apartment project. Brick Underground spoke to a NYC architect to find out what are going to be some popular renovation requests and what are some fixes that you can undertake yourself.
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Rent vouchers for landlords, subway riderships increases, & more
May 28, 2020 - 10:30 AM
The number of New Yorkers unable to pay their rent will double in June, according to a PropertyNest survey.
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Happy Memorial Day! Our home office is closed. Here are some posts to catch up on
May 25, 2020 - 09:30 AM
If you’re looking for something to do, this weekend is a good time to brush up on the NYC real estate news you may have missed. A lot has changed since Covid-19 struck—you’ll want to get up to speed on buying, selling, renting, or renovating your apartment or house in New York City now, or be ready for when the city is fully open for business, which hopefully will be very soon.
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