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:
Rent relief fund runs dry, Midtown feels like a 'ghost town,' & more
November 15, 2021 - 10:30 AM
And, Manhattan’s net effective median rent—which reflects concessions—increased a whopping 20 percent since January.
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Apartment vacancy survey on hold, reimagining NYC streets, & more
November 12, 2021 - 09:30 AM
And, applications are being accepted on NYC Housing Connect for an affordable housing lottery for a development above the new Sunset Park library.
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Tale of two Manhattan markets: Rents for doorman apartments surge 18 percent, non-doorman units see small rise
November 11, 2021 - 09:30 AM
The high end of the Manhattan rental market is behaving very differently from the low end, according to the Elliman Report for the Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens rental markets for October 2021. Doorman rentals saw a much greater increase in rents than non-doorman rentals.
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What you need to know about financing a pied-à-terre in NYC
November 8, 2021 - 16:30 PM
Compared to a mortgage for a primary residence, you can expect to pay a slightly higher rate for a secondary residence (usually less than half a percent higher than your primary home rate.)
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Compromise on the SALT cap, return of international buyers, & more
November 8, 2021 - 10:30 AM
A deal included in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan would raise to $80,000 the annual amount of state and local taxes that taxpayers can deduct according to the New York Daily News.
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Hunters Point construction boom, apartment hunting as a future pet parent, & more
November 5, 2021 - 10:30 AM
Hunters Point ranks third on a list of U.S. neighborhoods with the most newly built rental units in the past five years, according to a new survey from RentCafe.
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