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:
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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The pandemic gives NYC renters a new imperative to renew their leases
April 9, 2020 - 09:20 AM
As a result of the pandemic, the number of new leases dropped dramatically for the month, according to Douglas Elliman’s March rental market report for Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, indicating that more renters are staying put.
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For sellers and buyers, cash is king now more than ever
April 7, 2020 - 12:30 PM
Sellers are in a good position to stand out now that that inventory has dropped, says Mark Chin of brokerage Keller Williams New York City. If presented with a cash offer, he suggests taking it to circumvent the looming trouble in the mortgage industry.
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