Valuation of Mortgage Servicing Rights With Foreclosure Delay and Forbearance Allowed
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2006
Description
We develop a bivariate binomial model to price Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSRs). Our model is an improvement over previous MSR pricing models by explicitly incorporating the realistic assumptions that there are additional costs involved in servicing delinquent loans. In addition to the Hilliard et al. mortgage-pricing tree, we extend additional sub-branches to model the borrower's decision of prepayment, cure, and foreclosure after a loan becomes delinquent. We then investigate how the value of the Mortgage Servicing Right varies with interest rate volatility, house price volatility, delinquency options, deficiency judgments, default penalties, forbearance periods, and speed of adjustments factors.
Citation Information
Lin, Che; Chu, Ting Heng; and Prather, Larry J.. 2006. Valuation of Mortgage Servicing Rights With Foreclosure Delay and Forbearance Allowed. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Vol.26(1). 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-006-7032-3 ISSN: 0924-865X