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:
A shower in the kitchen, Citysnap takes on StreetEasy, & more
July 1, 2022 - 10:30 AM
A West Village apartment on the market for $1.5 million has a shower tucked into a closet in the kitchen. Go figure.
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How NYC buyers can take advantage of the summer sales slowdown
June 30, 2022 - 16:30 PM
The NYC sales market is expected to be "dead" this summer but that could be good news for some buyers. With less competition, you’ll find sellers more willing to negotiate and new condo developers willing to make deals.
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New survey finds 15 percent of NYC renters saw a rent hike of 20-50 percent
June 27, 2022 - 15:45 PM
Allia Mohamed, CEO of rental platform openigloo, did a survey of 1,500 market-rate tenants who had a lease renewal in the last six months and tracked the size of the rent increase they accepted, if any.
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The impossibility of owning in NYC, a 40-year mortgage, & more
June 27, 2022 - 10:30 AM
The New York Time’s apartment-search series "The Hunt" gets spoofed: “Which one did they settle for? in The New Yorker.
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Housing lottery near Hudson Yards, renting vs. buying, & more
June 24, 2022 - 13:30 PM
With both NYC rents and mortgage rates rising, does it make more sense to buy or rent in NYC now?
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Why renting beats owning, converting a 30-story office tower, & more
June 24, 2022 - 10:30 AM
And, Vice goes to a landlord convention where owners try to recast themselves as the true victims of the pandemic.
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