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:
Listen to me and my worm-pals: Composting is easier if you do it yourself
October 4, 2023 - 17:30 PM
NYC’s expansion of its free, curbside compost collection is a much-needed step in the right direction, but if you really want to make composting easy and reap the benefits, and you have the space, you can do it yourself. Here's how.
Read More
Manhattan co-op and condo prices appear to be ‘stabilizing’
October 3, 2023 - 16:30 PM
The Elliman Report for Manhattan co-op and condos in the third quarter finds that the median sales price fell year over year to $1,150,000 from $1,154,625 in the third quarter of 2022, a drop of .4 percent.
Read More
Working two jobs to save for a house, soaring broker fees for stabilized apartments, & more
September 29, 2023 - 14:30 PM
Brick Underground's most popular posts of the week include the story of a firefighter working two jobs to save up for a house on Long Island.
Read More
Fannie Mae foresees a mild recession, staging mistakes to avoid, & more
September 22, 2023 - 14:30 PM
Brick Underground's most popular posts of the week include a forecast from Fannie Mae for a mild recession in the first half of 2024.
Read More
What I learned about returning a lost wallet to a fellow New Yorker
September 22, 2023 - 12:30 PM
Returning a lost wallet in NYC was harder than expected. In the end, a letter sent through snail mail got results.
Read More
Fannie Mae predicts a mild recession for the U.S. in the first half of 2024
September 19, 2023 - 15:00 PM
Fannie Mae's ESR Group says “recession-level home sales volumes,” indicate a “mild downturn in the first half of 2024.”
Read More
