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:
Widespread discrimination by Long Island brokers, Green New Deal for public housing, & more
November 18, 2019 - 11:00 AM
In Newsday's special investigation, undercover Black testers experienced disparate treatment 49 percent of the time—compared with 39 percent for Hispanic and 19 percent for Asian testers.
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Two UES condos that can be combined into a five bedroom, for $4,790,000
November 12, 2019 - 12:30 PM
This listing at 40 East 78th St. is a two-for-one deals with two adjacent condos, #7H and #7A. The first is a two bedroom, three bath with 1,844-square-feet, and the second is a one bedroom that has been opened into a flexible, loft-like space. Combining the two apartments would create a 2,549-square-foot space with up to five bedrooms.
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Condo buyers can hide identities, detecting Airbnb spy cams, & more
November 11, 2019 - 11:00 AM
And, a town in Italy is offering free houses to people who will fix them up and flip them on their own dime.
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A UES luxury condo building goes broke, Park Slope residents fed up with construction, & more
November 8, 2019 - 11:00 AM
And, is the Lower East Side mega-development Essex Crossing the anti-Hudson Yards?
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Here are the NYC apartments for sale with the deepest price chops in October
November 6, 2019 - 13:00 PM
In this monthly price drop report, RealtyHop identifies neighborhoods with the highest total number of price cuts. It also highlights areas with the biggest percentage drop in median price, and the biggest median dollar price drop.
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Would you rent this UWS studio with lots of prewar detail, for $2,225
November 6, 2019 - 09:00 AM
This Upper West Side studio is asking $2,225 a month, which is lower than the median rent for studios in the neighborhood—and you get a fireplace and lots of prewar detail.
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