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:
One in five Manhattan rentals went to a bidding war last month
March 10, 2022 - 09:30 AM
Nearly one out of every five Manhattan lease signings in February 2022 involved a bidding war, according to the Elliman Report.
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Property tax rebates, real estate agent boom, & more
March 7, 2022 - 10:30 AM
Some City Council members want to renew property tax rebates for owners of condos, co-ops, and one-to-three-family homes, according to the New York Post.
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Private equity: The biggest NYC landlord you never heard of that’s raising rents
March 7, 2022 - 09:30 AM
Private equity-backed firms have been buying market-rate rental apartment buildings and muscling into NYC and they don't act like typical landlords.
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TikTok rent reveals, tougher fines for derelict landlords, & more
March 4, 2022 - 10:30 AM
Council member Pierina Sanchez, the new chair of the Committee on Housing and Buildings, wants derelict landlords to face tougher fines
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Hit with 30 percent (or higher) rent increases, many NYC tenants are in 'shock'
March 2, 2022 - 12:30 PM
Landlords are trying to bring rents up for current tenants to match what they could get on the market and brokers tell Brick that most current renewal increases are in the 30 percent range.
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Russian oligarchs' NYC condos, turmoil could lower mortgages, & more
February 28, 2022 - 10:30 AM
Here's a map of where Russian oligarchs—considered enablers of Vladimir Putin’s regime—own numerous pricey properties in New York City, according to the New York Post.
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