Pacific Ethanol Secures $325 Million in Credit.
ENERGY RESOURCE-11 January 2007-Pacific Ethanol Secures $325 Million in Credit(C)2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Pacific Ethanol Inc. has signed a commitment letter providing for up to $325 million of senior secured credit, which it will use for continued development of ethanol plants in California and Oregon. ...

IFC Board Approves $120 Million Financing Package for BPZ Energy.
ENERGY RESOURCE-20 December 2006-IFC Board Approves $120 Million Financing Package for BPZ Energy(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com BPZ Energy Inc. today announced that the International Finance Corporation's Board of Executive Directors has approved the company's $120 million financial package. IFC is the private sector arm of the World...

T-bill yields rise some more, 91-day pegged at 6.685%.
Yields on treasury bills rose at a weekly auction by the Bureau of Treasury yesterday, with the government rejecting some tenders to temper the yields sought by banks following a central bank rate hike last week. The average yield on the benchmark 91-day paper rose to 6.685...

Public company filings yield surplus of free transaction data on the Internet.
PUBLIC COMPANY FILINGS, WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET, ARE A VALUABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS AS WELL AS REAL ESTATE OPERATIONS AND INVESTOR ATTITUDES. Especially with the publicly traded real estate investment trust industry booming, REIT transactions are more common and may be useful as...

NEWS IN BRIEF; P/$ rate closes at P55.660.
The peso closed higher at P55.660 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P55.71 the previous day. The weighted average rate depreciated to P55.697 from P55.670. Total volume amounted to $139 million. 5-yr T-bonds fetch 11.875%...

TURKISH BANKS SELL OFF.
Jon Gorvett reports from Istanbul on attempts to get the Turkish banking sector back on track Since last February's financial crunch, Turkey's beleaguered banking system has been going through some dramatic and rapid changes. With the pressure now full on for the country's financial institutions to do...

NEWS IN BRIEF; P/$ rate closes at P55.85.
The peso closed lower at P55.85 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P55.755 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P55.825 from P55.852. Total volume amounted to $193.9 million. PSE delists 5-yr SDT...

Taking it to the people.
It's not often that an Appraisal Institute president has to face a group of disappointed and angry homeowners in the line of duty, but something like that happened in June when I testified at a Congressional field hearing conducted by Reps. Richard Baker, R-La., and Paul Kanjorski, D-Pa., in...

Ginnie Mae Might Soon Be Able to Compete with Fannie and Freddie. (Industry & Institute News).
Ginnie Mae may finally be allowed to compete with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mae in the securitization of conventional mortgages. Sources say Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., who is ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee, will introduce the "Homeownership Expansion Act of 2001" in the next two weeks. The...

GAO releases long-awaited regulatory study. (Industry and Institute News).
On May 14 the General Accounting Office released its long-awaited report to Congress on its investigation of the appraiser regulatory structure. During its year and a half-long investigation, the GAO looked at the roles of the private, state, and federal entities that oversee the appraisal industry and the challenges...