HUD tightens rules for FHA appraiser roster

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued new guidance that clarifies how appraisers are added to, maintained on and removed from the FHA Appraiser Roster. Mortgagee Letter 2025-24 — effective immediately — updates FHA policy to make appraiser eligibility easier to track and more consistent with federal and state licensing records. Changes apply […]

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Judge Valderrama’s ‘roadmap’ for successful antitrust litigation in affordable housing crisis

“The Court accepts as true all of the well-pleaded facts in the Complaint and draws all reasonable inferences in favor of Plaintiffs.” So said U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama on 12.4.2025. According to Reuters: “A group of companies that lease land for mobile homes has convinced a federal judge in Chicago to dismiss a proposed

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The spreadsheet trap: Why investor reporting still operates like it’s 2005

Manually updating spreadsheets. Dealing with paper jams in the printer. Remember what office life was like in 2005? If you’re feeling nostalgic, you can find many of the same practices still in place in the investor’s reporting offices of loan servicers today.  But why haven’t these offices evolved with changing technology?  It’s partly cultural, but

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WATCH ON SPACE COAST DAILY TV: Brevard Public Schools Announces Graduation 2026 Schedule

WATCH ON SPACE COAST DAILY TV Brevard Public Schools has officially released the 2026 graduation schedule for seniors across the county. Students, families, and faculty are gearing up to celebrate a major milestone in the lives of the Class of 2026. BREVARD COUNTY • FLORIDA — Brevard Public Schools has officially released the 2026 graduation

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Cold Weather Shelter Opens Tonight as Temperatures Drop in Brevard County

LifePointe Ministries is at 4220 South Hopkins Avenue in Titusville As temperatures are forecast to drop significantly tonight across Central Florida, one of our trusted community partners is stepping up to help protect our most vulnerable residents. BREVARD COUNTY • TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA – As temperatures are forecast to drop significantly tonight across Central Florida, one

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Port St. John Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Sexually Abusing Adolescent Girl

Kenneth A. Guodace, 39, committed sexual battery on a victim younger than 12 A Port St. John man has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing an adolescent girl in his care. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – A Port St. John man has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing an adolescent

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Brevard County Teen Sentenced 25 Years in Prison for Attempted First-Degree Murder Following 2022 Shooting at Nungesser Park

Orlando Colbert-McGlon Will Serve mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison Orlando Colbert-McGlon, then 16, walked up to a silver sedan at a Palm Bay park, called to one of the teenagers inside, then shot that young man through the face and neck. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Orlando Colbert-McGlon, then 16, walked up to

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Palm Bay Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2019 Murder of Bobby Knight Near Agora Circle

Larry E. Bell Jr., 42, Will serve the rest of his life in prison Larry E. Bell Jr., 42, was convicted at trial last year of second-degree murder with a firearm and shooting into a vehicle for killing Bobby Knight Jr., 61, in southeast Palm Bay in November 2019. Evidence included data from the shooter

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Federal judge orders Trump administration to seek money for CFPB

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled against the Trump administration as it seeks to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by refusing to fund it. The judge ordered the administration to continue to seek funding for the bureau, which was created by Congress but is funded through the Federal Reserve. The Trump administration

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