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In this paper we consider the valuation of fixed-rate mortgages including prepayment and default options, where the underlying stochastic factors are the house price and the interest rate. The mathematical model to obtain the value of the contract is posed as a free boundary problem associated to a partial differential equation (PDE) model. The equilibrium contract rate is determined by using an iterative process. Moreover, appropriate numerical methods based on a Lagrange–Galerkin discretization of the PDE, an augmented Lagrangian active set method and a Newton iteration scheme are proposed. Finally, some numerical results to illustrate the performance of the numerical schemes, as well as the qualitative and quantitative behaviour of solution and the optimal prepayment boundary are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we consider pricing of a single-name and a two-reference basket loan-only credit default swap. Under a reduced-form framework, it is assumed that the default and prepayment intensity rates for the reference loan, which are negatively correlated, follow one-factor Cox-Ingersoll-Ross (CIR) and inverse CIR models, respectively. The default and prepayment probability formulas are calculated using a partial differential equation method and closed-form solutions are obtained. A numerical analysis and the parameters are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]