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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Parallel Generation of Optimal Mortgage Refinancing Threshold Rates
Authors : Nan Zhang, Dejun Xie, Eng Gee Lim, Kaiyu Wan, Ka Lok Man
Published in: Grid and Pervasive Computing
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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We present our study on the optimal mortgage refinancing problem under a stochastic interest rate environment. Through Monte Carlo simulations we try to identify the optimal time for refinancing such that the overall cost is minimised. Experimental results reveal that such a time is more likely to appear at the early stage of a mortgage contract. Through simulations we also generate time-dependent threshold rates for optimal refinancing. At a particular time, if market interest rate falls below such a threshold refinancing is most likely to be optimal. To accelerate the generation of the threshold rates we developed a multi-threaded program, which demonstrated more than three-time speedups against an efficiently-written sequential program on a quad-core Intel Corei7 2600 in all the test cases.