Claudiu Tiganescu is an Associate Editor with Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive. With a Bachelor's in English, a minor in Norwegian, and a Master's in linguistics, Claudiu is your go-to source for the latest commercial real estate news, particularly in the affordable, single-family rental, conversions and industrial sectors.
You may reach him at claudiu.tiganescu@cpe-mhn.com

Exterior shot featuring one of The Gio's 37 multifamily buildings in Plano, Texas.

Starwood Lines Up $1.7B Refi for Affordable Portfolio

A collection of 13,000 units backs this debt.

Chart depicting the year-over-year advertised asking rental rate change in the multifamily market, broken down by metros.

National Multifamily Report – March 2026

March thawed the multifamily markets short-term, yet yearly growth remained modest, according to Yardi Matrix.

Exterior shot depicting one of the two buildings that make up Terracina at Winding Creek in Roseville, Calif.

USA Properties Debuts $119M Affordable Community in Sacramento

The developer owns nearly 40 affordable properties in the area.

Exterior shot featuring low-rise homes.

National Affordable Housing Report – April 2026

Yardi Matrix’s latest study analyzes affordable and market-rate rents for two key categories of federally designated tracts.

Figure depicting rent growth and supply expansion at a local level in Austin, regional level in Texas and national level across the U.S.

Austin’s Rent Realignment: From Fastest Growth to Steepest Drop

Local policies drove this shift, according to The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Headshots depicting Jared Sobel (middle), Scott Kummings (right) and Ben Daniels (left).

Raven Property Gets a Foothold Into Debt Advisory

A former Walker & Dunlop senior executive joined the company’s new capital markets platform.

Chart depicting the year-over-year advertised asking rental rate change in the multifamily market, broken down by metros.

National Multifamily Report – February 2026

Advertised rents have been circling the same figure for 18 consecutive months, according to Yardi Matrix.

Exterior rendering of the multifamily project at 3200 W. Moore St., Richmond, Va.

Hoffman, DeBartolo Start $144M Richmond Development

The team anticipates completion in 2028.

Exterior shot featuring the office building at 10 Chestnut St. in Worcester, Mass., that Synergy Investments is converting into a multifamily property.

Largest Massachusetts Office-to-Resi Project Lands $51M

Construction is already underway and completion is set for late summer.

Exterior shot featuring Allied, a multifamily property in Baltimore.

Harbor Group to Pay $562 Million for 2,400-Unit Collection

AH Realty Trust, formerly Armada Hoffler, will sell nearly all its multifamily holdings.