forbearance

Example Sentences

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During the pandemic, for instance, borrowers with bank servicers were more likely to receive forbearance on their mortgage payments than those with nonbank servicers, Bowman said in a speech Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 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

“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

That is up from under 2% in parts of 2021 and 2022, when late payments were suppressed in part by pandemic-era stimulus and forbearance programs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

“He sees compassion and forbearance as weakness. But you have other traits that are beginning to awaken. You’ll be a new-order scythe yet!”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman