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:
Judge rules on broker fees, Bushwick tenants sue for overcharges, & more
April 12, 2021 - 10:30 AM
A judge ruled that a lawsuit that accuses a landlord of rent overcharges at 1209 Dekalb Ave. in Bushwick would continue.
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Interior decorators in demand, Hamptons sales double, & more
April 9, 2021 - 10:30 AM
The affluent Upper East and Upper West sides, Tribeca, and Dumbo lost up to 2 percent of their respective populations during the pandemic, but less well-off neighborhoods saw a loss of population too.
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End of the NYC exodus, 'avoidable foreclosures,' & more
April 5, 2021 - 10:30 AM
And, a proposed rezoning for Soho and Noho would allow 3,200 additional apartments over the next 10 years, including approximately 800 affordable units in an area that had fewer than 8,000 residents in the 2010 census, according to The New York Times.
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Biden sours on SALT, the pitfall of cheap, old houses, & more
April 2, 2021 - 10:30 AM
Mayoral candidate Dianne Morales wants NYC to embrace the European concept of “social housing” and move away from projects from private developers.
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Manhattan sales show an increase for the first time in four quarters
April 2, 2021 - 09:30 AM
The number of first quarter closed sales in Manhattan, 2,457, was an increase of 2.1 percent over the first quarter of 2020—when the shutdown started mid-March, according to the latest edition of the Elliman Report. Co-op sales have more than doubled since the lockdown. The sales pace is a positive sign for sure.
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Newly comfortable with online tours, some buyers make offers on condos sight unseen
April 1, 2021 - 13:30 PM
A handful of buyers—especially international buyers of new condos and New Yorkers who have been sheltering elsewhere—feel the market has hit the bottom and want to act quickly. For them, video tours are standing in for the real thing and they are making offers on condos sight-unseen.
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