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:
Sick of quarantining with your roommates? These renters say 'sublet my apartment'
April 16, 2020 - 09:30 AM
The pandemic is prompting New Yorkers to try to sublet or find other renters to take over their leases. It’s also complicating things for renters who are looking to get out of their leases for other reasons.
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De Blasio plan for tenants to defer rent payments can't happen without support from Albany
April 14, 2020 - 16:00 PM
At a press conference yesterday, Mayor Bill de Blasio outlined the support enacted for renters so far, including New York state’s eviction moratorium, and next steps he would like to see happen, including calling on the state to give tenants who have lost income the ability to defer their rent payments. It's just not clear that there's any interest in Albany in taking this issue on.
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How families quarantine together, clash over NYC schools reopening, & more
April 13, 2020 - 10:30 AM
What happens to NYC rents during a recession? Here are some clues from the 2008 financial crisis.
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How NYC sellers can adapt to the new normal: Brick Underground's best advice
April 13, 2020 - 09:30 AM
These days, New York City real estate sellers have two options: Retreat for now or adapt to the new normal and forge ahead. Here’s how those two strategies are playing out—along with advice for sellers who are sticking with the market, compiled from Brick Underground’s recent reporting on the pandemic’s impact on NYC real estate.
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Hospitalizations slow in NYC, building owners adopt new cleaning protocols, & more
April 10, 2020 - 09:45 AM
Building owners fear pandemics will be the new normal and are instituting new cleaning protocols.
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Listings in Brooklyn and Queens fell sharply in March as sellers hold back
April 9, 2020 - 12:30 PM
According to Douglas Elliman’s first quarter sales market report for Brooklyn, Queens, and Riverdale, listings fell sharply at a time when things are traditionally heating up for the spring sales season. The same scenario occurred in Manhattan, where sales have paused. “Sellers just don’t know when the crisis will end,” says Jonathan Miller, president and CEO of appraisal firm Miller Samuel and author of the report.
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