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Home » Principal Forbearance Should Be Treated As Principal Forgiveness, S&P Says
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Principal Forbearance Should Be Treated As Principal Forgiveness, S&P Says

July 31, 2009
Standard & Poor’s this week revised its ratings methodology for residential MBS that allow loan modification using interest or principal forbearance, noting that these types of mods should be treated similarly to principal or interest forgiveness. A forbearance plan typically allows a delinquent borrower to become current over a specified period of time...
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