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A closed form formula for valuing mortgages

Collin-Dufresne, P.  
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Harding, John P.
1999
The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

We develop a closed form formula for the value of a fixed-rate residential mortgage that includes the provision that the borrower can prepay at any time with no penalty. The value of the mortgage equals the expectation, under the risk neutral probability measure, of the future cash flows. We model future cash flows by estimating an empirical model of prepayment behavior. A second change of measure leads to a closed form expression for the expectation. The closed form values explain most of the time series variation in MBS prices. The closed form formula significantly shortens the time to calculate mortgage values and durations and can be a useful tool for portfolio management and hedging.

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research article
DOI
10.1023/A:1007879422329
Author(s)
Collin-Dufresne, P.  
Harding, John P.
Date Issued

1999

Publisher

Springer Verlag

Published in
The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Volume

19

Issue

2

Start page

133

End page

146

Subjects

mortgage valuation

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closed form formula

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MBS prepayment

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

OTHER

EPFL units
SFI-PCD  
Available on Infoscience
August 7, 2013
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