Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. An acceleration clause is a contract provision that allows a lender to require a borrower to ...

An acceleration clause allows a mortgage lender to demand full repayment of the loan if certain conditions are not met. This clause protects against missed payments, violations of loan terms, or ...

Acceleration clauses, a common feature in mortgage contracts, require that you pay off your entire loan balance immediately in a single lump sum. If you're unable to pay off the mortgage, the lender ...

Learn about acceleration covenants, crucial clauses that let lenders demand full loan repayment if borrowers breach terms, ...

It’s no secret that the double whammy of inflation and high interest rates continues to hurt Americans’ finances. Further compounding the issue, an Insurify survey found that “homeowners will again ...

Typically used to guard against defaults on loans, an acceleration clause allows a non-breaching party, in the event of default, to require payment of the entire amounts outstanding under the ...

Acceleration Clauses in Foreclosure Actions: New Rules In their Foreclosure Law column, Adam Leitman Bailey and Adam M. Swanson review recent case law and discuss some of the benefits and pitfalls ...

The COVID-19 pandemic hit commercial landlords and tenants hard. Many Minnesota businesses experienced a steep decline in revenue and, as a result, have been unable to either make their monthly rent ...

Most commercial leases provide for a broad range of remedies that the landlord can exercise if the tenant defaults. Sometimes, the lease allows the landlord to accelerate and immediately recover all ...

When you take out a mortgage, you plan on paying it back over 15 or 30 years. But in some cases, the lender can demand full repayment sooner. Mortgages allow for this possibility with acceleration ...