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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A common provision of a lease is an acceleration clause. An acceleration clause typically provides, in substance, that upon the tenant's default, the landlord may terminate the lease, and recover, as ...

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 ...