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Kiff, John and P. Mills, “Money for nothing and checks for free: Recent developments in U.S. subprime mortgage markets,” Working Paper, International Monetary Fund, 07/188, 2007.

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• TITLE: How to React to the Subprime Crisis? - The Impact of an Interest Rate Freeze on Residential Mortgage Backed

  AUTHORS: Julia Hein, Thomas Weber

  KEYWORDS: Interest Rate Freeze, Subprime Mortgages, Residential Mortgage, Backed Securities (RMBS)

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Service Science and Management, Vol.2 No.4, December 14, 2009

  ABSTRACT: Several policy options have been discussed to mitigate the current subprime mortgage crisis. This paper analyses an interest rate freeze on adjustable rate mortgages as one possible reaction. In particular, the implications on Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (RMBS) are studied. We examine shifts in the underlying portfolio’s discounted cash flow distributions as well as changes in the payment profile of RMBS-tranches. We show that the positive effects of a rate freeze, e.g. less foreclosures and a stabilizing housing market, can outweigh the negative effect of lower interest income such that investors might be better off.