forbearance
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Also authored by Harabedian, AB 238 prohibited mortgage lenders and servicers from requiring borrowers to pay back any forbearance in a lump sum, but it otherwise did not specify repayment terms.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a press release that the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has received 233 mortgage forbearance complaints, with 92% resolved in the consumer’s favor.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
Most of the rest is in forbearance or deferment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
If they missed payments for three consecutive months, they were placed in forbearance so their loans wouldn’t become increasingly delinquent and mar their credit records.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
La Perouse followed his royal orders to behave peaceably but complained that the natives “believed our forbearance inexhaustible.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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