Teri Karush Rogers
Founder and publisher Teri Karush Rogers launched Brick Underground in 2009. As a freelance journalist, she had previously covered New York City real estate for The New York Times. Teri has been featured as an expert on New York City residential real estate by The New York Times, New York Daily News, amNew York, NBC Nightly News, The Real Deal, Business Insider, the Huffington Post, and NY1 News, among others. Teri earned a BA in journalism and a law degree from New York University. During law school she realized she would rather explain things than argue about them, so she returned to service journalism after graduation.
Posts by Teri Karush Rogers:
Next month’s issue of Habitat magazine tackles a rather breathtaking array of legal problems faced by NYC co-ops and condos.
The issue (released digitally yesterday to subscribers only) is worth checking out, particularly if you’re a board member—or a renter looking for an excuse to avoid the tragicomic business of owning an apartment in NYC.
For the rest of us (and any HBO execs looking for creative inspiration), here are some highlights worth mentioning:
There was an interesting discussion on the Brownstoner forum yesterday about the value-add of neighborhood block associations.
Most commenters on the Brooklyn real estate website supported the idea and offered up some examples (summarized at the bottom of this post) of association accomplishments.
Q. I recently moved into an apartment with two window boxes. I am not much of a gardener and I would like some ideas about what to plant, if anything, at this time of year that would have a chance of making it through the winter.
A. Our BrickTank expert panel suggested a host of easy options, each with a slightly different spin:
After bashing vessel-style sinks and “asshole” bathrooms over the weekend, the denizens of StreetEasy are looking on the bright side of interior design today.
Herewith, a list of features that bring daily smiles to the faces of a very tough NYC crowd:
We were intrigued by a story in this weekend’s NY Times about a San Francisco company that has started selling protection against declines in home prices.
If you own in Manhattan, the price of the new Equity Protection product is around 1.5 percent of the current value of your house, co-op or condo. You are reimbursed for any loss in market value when you sell, so long as you wait at least two years to move on.
