It happens to the best of us: You lose your job, then get slammed with medical bills, or a nor'easter dumps a foot of rain that floods your basement. Your savings flow down the drain along with the ...

CHICAGO -- You may be one of about 3.5 million Americans already in a forbearance on your mortgage, but what if you need an extension? Or what if you want to start paying again? "This is home, Villa ...

Mortgage forbearance allows you to pause your mortgage payments, usually for up to six months, when you have a financial hardship. When forbearance ends, you may ask for an extension, modify your ...

Loss mitigation is a collaborative process between borrowers and mortgage servicers to prevent foreclosure. It involves various strategies to help homeowners manage their mortgage payments and avoid ...

Sometimes, life gets in the way of making your student loan payments. Maybe you have faced an unexpected job loss that shrinks down your budget to the bare essentials. Or perhaps you are going back to ...

While clearly resembling the COVID-19-era forbearance framework, the California Mortgage Forbearance Act goes further than the CARES Act and also governs the back-and-forth interactions between the ...