Loan consolidation for students have recently a hot topic in the news as interest rates doubled this month due to failing efforts from Congress to hold financial-aid rates down for future borrowers. Meanwhile, those struggling to find jobs that can support their post-college student aid, which is borrowed for the sake of higher education, are … Continue reading “What options are for loan repayment”
Layman’s terms describe a consolidation loan as a financial situation with the intention of taking out one loan to pay several other debts. Instead of having to pay multiple separate payments per month, a borrower can consolidate his cash into one payment. This is often done to secure a lower fixed interest rate over the … Continue reading “Debt remains the same all throughout loan”
Good Way to Consolidate Private Student Loans If you have more than one private student loan from a bank or other lenders, you can make life easier by consolidating private student loans into one loan with one monthly payment. Student loan consolidation payments could end up lower than your current payments. Loan Consolidation Can Help … Continue reading “Lower rate with private consolidation loan”
Barack Obama signed into law a measure restoring lower interest rates for student loans, pledging the hard-fought compromise would be just the first step in a broader. “Feels good signing bills. I haven’t done this in a while,” Obama said, alluding to the difficulty he’s faced getting Congress, particularly the Republican-controlled House, to approve his … Continue reading “Reasonable approach to student loans”
The Keeping Student Loans Affordable Act, sponsored by Miller, is one of several proposals in Congress to delay or lessen the scheduled increase on student loan interest rates. A similar rate hike was scheduled to occur last summer but was delayed for one year after the issue became a talking point in the presidential campaigns … Continue reading “Borrowing students likely to default on their loans”