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:
NYC landlords want tenants who earn 40 times the monthly rent. Here are 7 workarounds
December 24, 2024 - 12:30 PM
Here are your options when you don't earn enough to meet a typical NYC landlord's salary requirement of 40 times the monthly rent.
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Landlord wants to raise your rent? Here are 3 sample emails you can use to negotiate
December 23, 2024 - 12:30 PM
Tenants in market-rate apartments can face steep rent increases at renewal time. Here are three sample email templates you can use to negotiate a lower rate.
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Get ready for Brick Underground’s favorite stories of 2024: Holiday week edition
December 23, 2024 - 09:30 AM
We are kicking off Best of Brick Week, our most popular and instructive stories of 2024.
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Could a more careful online search have stopped the ‘Monster Tenant’?
December 19, 2024 - 09:30 AM
Curbed’s “My Monster Tenant” echoes the plot of “Pacific Heights.” Could a more careful renter screening prevented this real-life nightmare?
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For the second month in a row, NYC median rents rise
December 12, 2024 - 09:30 AM
Manhattan median rent jumped 5 percent to $4,200 last month compared to November 2023, according to the Elliman Report.
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The FARE Act is not likely to result in steeply higher rents for new leases
December 10, 2024 - 16:30 PM
Some brokers opposed to the FARE Act, NYC's new broker fee bill, argued it will create higher rents for new leases, but that outcome does not seem likely.
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