Reference no: EM132730436
Question - A newly issued mortgage pass-through security (MPT) consists of the following six loans:
a $400,000 loan for 15 years at 6% APR
a $200,000 loan for 10 years at 8% APR
a $100,000 loan for 5 years at 10% APR
a $500,000 loan for 10 years at 4% APR
a $600,000 loan for 20 years at 8% APR
a $300,000 loan for 25 years at 5% APR
This pool of mortgages is managed by a trustee who extracts a service fee of .3% of the cash flows.
Required -
(a) If an investor decides to invest in this MPT, what precisely is the investor purchasing?
(b) How many years before the MPT matures?
(c) What is the coupon rate for this MPT?