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Prepayment Speed |
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Prepayment speed Also called speed, the estimated rate at which mortgagors pay off their loans ahead of schedule, critical in assessing the value of mortgage pass-through securities. Prepayment Speed In mortgage-backed securities, the estimated rate at which mortgage borrowers will pay off the mortgages that underlie an MBS. The equivalent of the coupon on a mortgage-backed security is a percentage of the interest and principal paid on the mortgages backing the security. A riskassociated with mortgage-backed securities is that too many homeowners will pay off their mortgages with too much prepayment speed, depriving the holders of the MBS from future coupon payments. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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