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What is forbearance?
Short answer
It’s a short pause or reduction in your mortgage payments. It isn’t forgiveness: you’ll repay what you skipped later, in ways your lender explains.
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Official sources
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureauconsumerfinance.gov
- HUD: housing counselinghud.gov