forbearance

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Western Alliance Bancorporation WAL -1.01%decrease; red down pointing triangle filed a lawsuit against Jefferies Financial Group JEF -0.70%decrease; red down pointing triangle after being informed that $126.4 million in forbearance payments would not be made.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“I think some people were being offered forbearance that, frankly, didn’t comply with 238 when it should have,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

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

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