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forbearance

[fawr-bair-uhns] / fɔrˈbɛər əns /


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Western Alliance Bancorporation filed a lawsuit against Jefferies Financial Group after being informed that $126.4 million in forbearance payments would not be made.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 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

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

This forbearance on his part on hot, cloudless days, if that is what it was and not simple laziness, was not good enough.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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