On the 12th of Christmas my banker gave to meeee

OneWest FSB, born of the carcass of IndyMac and now proud owner of recently failed First Federal Bank of California had this little bit of holiday cheer for the soon to be foreclosed upon:

OneWest Bank, FSB today announced it is temporarily suspending all foreclosure sales and evictions to assist borrowers over the holidays. The moratorium, which goes into effect Saturday December 19th, 2009, applies to all single family residential loans it services through its IndyMac Mortgages Services division, and will extend until January 4, 2010. The Bank will implement the moratorium for First Federal Bank of California borrowers as well.

The temporary suspension will allow affected borrowers to remain in their homes through the holidays and provide additional time to work with the Bank

Since the 1st is a holiday and the 2nd and 3rd are weekends I count 12 days of moratorium from today through the 31st. How very spiritable of them.