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O.Emre Ergungor  \nSubprime mortgages are real estateloans made to individuals with lessthan perfect credit.On a credit-scorescale of 300 to 850,those loan appli-cants with a score less than 620 areusually considered subprime.(Peoplewith higher scores may also be putinto this category if,for example,theyare carrying too much debt.)The sub-prime mortgage market emerged in the1980s and has grown rapidly in the last10 years.Over this period,more than  \n5.7 million subprime loans were origi-nated for home purchases,accordingto the Center for Responsible Lending.making up 38 percent of total purchaseoriginations,and 1.5million familiesbecame first-time honeowners.  \nGiven that subprime borrowers aremore likely to default on their loansthan borrowers in the prime mort-gage market,it is no surprise thatsubprime loans come with terms thatreflect their higher risk.For instance,compared with prime loans,subprimeloans typically have higher interestrates and fees.Moreover,subprimeloans often include prepayment penal-ties that extend farther into the futurethan those on prime loans.As sub-prime delinquencies and foreclosuresstarted to grow recently.the debateon lending practices in the subprimemarket has increasingly focused onwhether the differences in the termson prime and subprime mortgageloans arejustified by the differencesin default risk and whether the loanterms themselves contribute to sub-prime loans'higher default rate com-pared to prime mortgages  \nPrepayment penalties—paid by bor-rowers who refinance their mortgageswithin a few years after origination—  \n# Prepayment Penalties on Subprime Mortgages\n\nare under close scrutiny.Prepaymentpenalties were a contract feature ofa significant percentage of the loandefaults in the subprime mortgagemarket.This Economic Commentaryexplains the economic reasons whythese contract terms exist and why theymay be associated with higher delin-quency rates.In this simple \"thoughtexercise\"I examine one channel bywhich prepayment penalties can helpremove some of the barriers to creditin the higher-risk segment of the mort-gage market.To keep the exercisesimple.I assume that borrowers arerational and able to easily distinguishamong mortgage terms.which,as weknow,is not always the case.Prepay-ment penalties can be used in a mul-titude of ways in the marketplace andsome of those uses are potentiallyabusive.My objective is not to justifyevery possible use but to shed light onsome potential economic benefits  \n## ■ Prepayments as a Tool\n\nfor Managing LiquidityHow can people on alimited budgetlower their monthly mortgage pay-ments?A larger downpayment wouldbe an obvious choice,but if they havesaved little or if their savings are ear-marked for some other purpose—thekids'education,a new business ven-ture—that option is out of the picture.A prepayment penalty offers an alter-native.  \nAtypical mortgage amortizes over 30years,but it is difficult to find a hom-eowner these days who will stay withthe same mortgage until it is fully paidoff.People refinance to get a betterdeal or pay off a loan when they moveto a different location.While the abil-ity to prepay is a great convenience forthe borrower,it is also a great incon-  \nAs a result of the subprine mort-gage ness,prepayment penaltiesare under close serutiny.Whilethese,like other kinds of contractterms,can be abused,there aregood reasons for why they exist.In principle,they serve to extendcredit to a greater number ofborrowers.  \nvenience for the many people involvedon the lending side of the deal.Mostmortgages are sold into a mortgagepool and eventually to investors assoon as they areoriginated.The origi-nator often keeps the right to service(collect the payments on)the mortgageon behalf of the investors.The lender'sincome is the fee it collects for ser-vicing the mortgage.Large financialinstitutions,such as pension funds andinsurance companies,like to investin mortgage-related assets becausemortgagestend to have a long life 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