Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. An acceleration clause demands full loan repayment if specific terms are breached. Common in ...

A year ago, pending in New York were nearly 26,000 legacy foreclosures—foreclosures arising from mortgages originated between 2004 and 2008. Many of these mortgages went into default shortly after ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Robert Kelly is managing director of ...