How to Use forbearance in a Sentence
forbearance
noun- He showed great forbearance in his dealings with them.
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The forbearance on my mortgage is ending in the next couple of months, and . . .
— Emily Davies, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2021 -
Frame your forbearance as a gift only grands can give, or close to it.
— Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2021 -
The first wave of borrowers to exit forbearance will be the largest.
— Brenda Richardson, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021 -
Briefly, forbearance is when a bank agrees not to foreclose on the borrower in exchange for a change in the terms.
— Joseph Edgar, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021 -
Most lenders were willing to offer forbearance in the early days of the crisis.
— Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2021 -
The terms of forbearance are between a borrower and their lender.
— Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 22 Dec. 2021 -
Almost one in 10 homeowners signed up for forbearance at the height of the program’s use last June.
— WSJ, 2 May 2021 -
And a payment might be required to obtain the forbearance.
— Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2021 -
You will be placed in forbearance, meaning no payment will be due, for the next billing cycle.
— Tara Siegel Bernard, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023 -
About a fifth of them will not be able to extend their forbearance past September.
— Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021 -
The mortgages, car loans, and the like no longer covered by forbearance are showing few defaults.
— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2020 -
That, and forbearance from his landlord, should enable him to keep Colosseum open in the months ahead.
— New York Times, 27 Feb. 2021 -
Check to see if your landlord has a mortgage forbearance.
— Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2021 -
Lenders, for the most part, were initially happy to grant debt forbearance and hope that the pandemic would end soon.
— Konrad Putzier, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020 -
Optima first entered a forbearance agreement with the fund in February 2019, around the time the bonds became due, the suit said.
— Eric Heisig, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2020 -
Those homeowners also have the right to request forbearance by the end of June to delay their mortgage payments for up to a year.
— Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 6 Apr. 2021 -
Keep in mind that not every borrower will exit forbearance at the same time.
— Fortune, 12 Sep. 2021 -
Megan Reilly said the move represents the right balance of firmness and forbearance.
— Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021 -
But even among some White House aides, the news of a new, potentially more virulent strain was met with weary forbearance.
— Kevin Liptak, CNN, 1 Dec. 2021 -
But equally, the White House little choice but to hope the militia's forbearance continues.
— Stephen Collinson, CNN, 18 Aug. 2021 -
The attorney asked the lender to cancel Tuesday’s foreclosure sale and grant a six-month forbearance.
— Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2021 -
Landry is one of about 1.8 million homeowners still in forbearance as the safety net is removed.
— Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2021 -
Many graduates starting out don’t focus on their student loans and put the debt on pause through forbearance.
— Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 9 June 2023 -
But what if Zillow's prediction is wrong, and more than 25% of borrowers in forbearance put their homes for sale?
— Fortune, 28 Sep. 2021 -
The late loan rates include mortgages that are in payment forbearance because of the pandemic.
— Steve Brown, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2021 -
Those in forbearance are not allowed to refinance and must work out repayment plans with their banks.
— Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2020 -
And don’t worry about the impact a forbearance has on your credit history.
— Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023 -
The plan is currently blocked and borrowers have been put into interest-free forbearance.
— Solcyré Burga, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024 -
The forbearance could not be credited toward loan forgiveness under PSLF.
— Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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