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:
U.S. cities with the most extreme studio rent increases still no match for high cost of living in NYC
March 5, 2019 - 12:35 PM
A new report from Apartment Guide looks at 100 cities around the U.S. with the most extreme studio rent increases and decreases. Two cities in Texas topped both lists: Arlington saw a 40.6 percent year-over-year increase in rents for studios, for an average of $877. Corpus Christi saw the steepest decline in studio apartment rents: A 15.9 percent decrease since last year—but rents are still way below what you would see in NYC, where the average studio listed there is just $824.
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Asking Amazon for another chance, when fancy dog parks feel exclusionary, & more
March 4, 2019 - 11:00 AM
And, getting creative with subway tile.
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Kicking around a cap on brokers' fees, the NYC rent reform fight, & more
March 1, 2019 - 16:00 PM
And, how buildings can get access to an apartment when the owner doesn't want to let anyone in.
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Putting tax credit cheaters in a timeout, bracing for an economic blow to the region, & more
February 28, 2019 - 11:00 AM
And, concerns about a 1,450-unit tower casting shade on the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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Up all night: NYC hotels that generate the most noise complaints
February 27, 2019 - 14:30 PM
A new report released by Localize.city looked at noise complaints and identified the top 10 hotels in the five boroughs that are keeping New Yorkers up. Many of these hotels have rooftop bars and lounges where guests can party until 4 a.m.
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And the most affordable borough in New York City is...Manhattan?!!
February 27, 2019 - 12:30 PM
A new study from ValuePenguin, a personal finance website, ranked the most populated cities in New York state in terms of most and least affordable for homeowners and renters. But because this metric is tied to how much people earn, the results may seem a little surprising to New Yorkers.
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