Acceleration
Acceleration in finance refers to a lender's right to demand early repayment of a loan when the borrower defaults on their payment or other contractual obligations.
Acceleration, Forbearance, and Yield Maintenance terms for origination, underwriting, administration, refinancing, bridge financing, leases, authorizations, and servicing risk.
Acceleration, Forbearance, and Yield Maintenance terms explain loan origination, underwriting, servicing, administration, refinancing, bridge and gap financing, leases, authorizations, and legal-risk controls.
Use this branch when loan administration, servicing transfer, authorization, refinancing, lease financing, bridge funding, or borrower documentation changes risk or cash-flow timing.
| Term | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Acceleration | Origination, underwriting, servicing, administration, refinancing, bridge, gap, lease, authorization, borrower, or legal-risk term. |
| Forbearance | Origination, underwriting, servicing, administration, refinancing, bridge, gap, lease, authorization, borrower, or legal-risk term. |
| Principal Forbearance | Origination, underwriting, servicing, administration, refinancing, bridge, gap, lease, authorization, borrower, or legal-risk term. |
| Yield Maintenance | Origination, underwriting, servicing, administration, refinancing, bridge, gap, lease, authorization, borrower, or legal-risk term. |
Check the origination file, underwriting approval, servicing record, payment history, escrow or reserve record, refinancing terms, lease agreement, authorization record, transfer notice, and applicable legal constraints.
Servicing, refinancing, and lease-financing terms depend on contracts and law; this page is educational, not legal or credit advice.
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Acceleration in finance refers to a lender's right to demand early repayment of a loan when the borrower defaults on their payment or other contractual obligations.
Forbearance refers to the leniency or temporary postponement given by a lender to a borrower who is facing difficulties in meeting their repayment obligations.
Principal forbearance temporarily postpones repayment of part of a loan's principal balance without necessarily forgiving it.
Yield maintenance is a prepayment provision designed to compensate lenders for lost interest when a loan is paid early.