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:
Freebies for Manhattan and Brooklyn renters may have maxed out
February 14, 2019 - 09:00 AM
While close to half of all new leases came with some kind of concession, market share of Manhattan landlord concessions in January declined year over year, after 43 consecutive months of increases, to 44.5 percent, down from 49.3 percent, according to the latest Elliman Report for Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens rentals.
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Would you rent this Fidi three bedroom with hotel-like amenities, for $6,355?
February 13, 2019 - 09:00 AM
Consider scaling up to a larger apartment and getting some roommates to make an apartment like this work for you. This three bedroom, two bath, 67 Wall St., #11H, is in a former office building. It’s over 1,150 square feet, and the rent is $6,355, with one month free and no broker fee—so if you split it three ways it would be $2,118 a month.
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Amazon may have cold feet about LIC, digging into an urban myth, & more
February 11, 2019 - 11:00 AM
And, is your subway line one of the most delayed?
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Adjusting to having a doorman, how to ask your neighbor to sell you their apartment, & more
February 8, 2019 - 15:00 PM
This week, readers tuned in to a pair of first-person tales of quintessential New York City living: The sort of adjustments you need to make if you’re not used to having a doorman, and how to go about asking your neighbor to sell you their apartment.
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Weekly open house report gives sellers key info about attendance, timing, and pricing
February 7, 2019 - 16:00 PM
The Halstead Open House Index can show you how busy other recent open houses have been and how they compare by size, price and other details. The newsletter reports not just on open houses hosted by Halstead, but on open houses scheduled by other firms as well.
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L train fumes sicken riders, fighting for the Brooklyn Promenade, & more
February 7, 2019 - 11:00 AM
And, now you can search the city's zoning code online.
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