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:
Bronx tenants buy their building, calls to sanction oligarch condo owners, & more
March 14, 2022 - 10:30 AM
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney say the U.S. should reveal and sanction the oligarchs who have hidden about $1 billion in Billionaire's Row condos.
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Luxury rentals in Mott Haven, reverse mortgages for co-ops, & more
March 11, 2022 - 10:30 AM
Third at Bankside is a new luxury rental building in Mott Haven, part of a seven-tower project on the Harlem River.
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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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