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Valuing ARM Rate Caps: Implications of 1970–84 Interest Rate Behavior

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  • Patric H. Hendershott
  • James D. Shilling

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This paper computes how coupon rates on hypothetical default‐free 1‐ 3‐ and 5‐year adjustable rate mortgages with various caps and teaser rates issued during the 1970–76 period would have had to be set in order for the ARMs to have earned the market rate of return over a 7 1/2‐year holding period. The 1970–84 period includes both a relatively stable interest rate experience (1970–77) and a “worse case” sharply rising rate environment (1977–84). Thus the calculations include the entire gamut of margins that lenders might need to charge for various caps in order to earn the market rate of return. What margins lenders should be charging at any point in time depends on the relative likelihood of future interest rate paths, e.g., the 1970–77 pattern versus the 1977–84 pattern. More formally, the appropriate charge depends on the slope of the yield curve and the perceived volatility of interest rates.

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  • Patric H. Hendershott & James D. Shilling, 1985. "Valuing ARM Rate Caps: Implications of 1970–84 Interest Rate Behavior," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 13(3), pages 317-332, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:reesec:v:13:y:1985:i:3:p:317-332
    DOI: 10.1111/1540-6229.00357
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    1. James D. Shilling & C. F. Sirmans, 1987. "Pricing Fast-Pay Mortgages: Some Simulation Results," Journal of Financial Research, Southern Finance Association;Southwestern Finance Association, vol. 10(1), pages 25-32, March.
    2. Sprecher, C. R. & Willman, Elliott, 1998. "The Margin Paradox in Adjustable-Rate Mortgages," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 7(2), pages 180-190, June.
    3. Sprecher, C. R. & Willman, Elliott, 2000. "The Role of the Initial Discount in the Pricing of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 9(1-2), pages 64-75, March.

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