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forbearance

[fawr-bair-uhns] / fɔrˈbɛər əns /


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In refinancing, your husband would lose a raft of federal protections and flexible deferment and forbearance options.

From MarketWatch May 15, 2026

Low interest rates, pandemic government transfer payments and forbearance schemes at the same time made additional debt more manageable—at least for a time.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

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

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

We looked at each other, trembling on the brink of a quarrel, bitterness parting the threads of forbearance one by one, but while a few still held, suddenly, the outward semblance fell away.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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