PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - John M. Clapp
AU  - John P. Harding
AU  - Michael Lacour-Little
TI  - Expected Mobility
AID  - 10.3905/jfi.2000.319238
DP  - 2000 Jun 30
TA  - The Journal of Fixed Income
PG  - 68--78
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/10/1/68.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/10/1/68.full
AB  - This research combines information on mortgage terminations with housing market data to distinguish borrowers who prepay their mortgages because they are moving from those who prepay to refinance without moving. It uses a closed-form valuation formula to compute the callable value of the mortgage and property level data to estimate current loan-to-value ratios. Results show that expected mobility affects borrower behavior in an asymmetric fashion. Borrowers with high expected mobility are less likely to refinance, but borrowers with strong refinancing incentives are not more likely to move. Differentiating movers from refinancers provides a clearer picture of the responsiveness of prepayments to interest rate movements.