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:
NYC's coastline could be underwater by 2100, WeWork co-founder lists townhouse for $21M, & more
January 3, 2020 - 11:00 AM
And, the Department of Buildings has an interactive map that you can use to see if construction in your neighborhood is permitted after hours.
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Sales of Manhattan apartments slipped (again) in the fourth quarter, but there were signs of stability
January 3, 2020 - 09:00 AM
Douglas Elliman’s fourth quarter 2019 sales report for Manhattan found while the number of sales dropped again, for the eighth time in nine quarters, they didn’t drop by as much as they have in prior quarters.
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2020 NYC real estate forecast: Buyers trade up, renters lose advantage, and sellers...quit?
January 2, 2020 - 08:30 AM
Brick Underground breaks down what you need to know in order to achieve your real estate goals for 2020. Buyers, sellers, and yes, renters, now are more interdependent than ever before.
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A new 'gentrification tax,' how NYC can scavengers scrape by, & more
December 30, 2019 - 11:00 AM
New affordable housing lotteries open in Brownsville and East New York.
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New NYC rent laws require security deposits to be returned in 14 days and landlords are fuming
December 27, 2019 - 14:00 PM
While most of the rent reforms were aimed at strengthening protections for stabilized tenants, there are some measures that protect market rate tenants as well. One of these regulations, a new requirement to return a departing tenant’s security deposit within 14 days, is nearly impossible to comply with, landlords say.
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Welcome to Brick Underground’s favorite stories of 2019: Holiday week edition
December 23, 2019 - 09:00 AM
Welcome to our annual Best of Brick week: We'll be posting our most popular and instructive stories of 2019.
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