You can lengthen your repayment term

Payment relief is one of great benefits of consolidating federal school loans. By combining all of student debts into one consolidated debt, you can lengthen your repayment term from the standard ten years to up to thirty years, depending on the amount of your education debt. So, if you’re having trouble meeting your student payments, … Continue reading “You can lengthen your repayment term”

Make sure that you understand the financial impact

Before you start to consolidate your debts, you need to make sure that you truly understand the financial impact of loan consolidation. There are numerous companies offering various types of loan, and even overall debt consolidation as the one size fits all fix to every debtor’s worries. Student loan consolidation is being offered as the … Continue reading “Make sure that you understand the financial impact”

Accelerate your payments as your income grows

The main and primary financial benefit of loan consolidation is simplified your payments. Rather than five, ten, or more payments every month, you have only one or two payments to make. Your options depend on many factors, including: whether your loans are federal or private (and you may have both), how much you earn, what … Continue reading “Accelerate your payments as your income grows”

Too many borrowers remain unaided

The greatest challenge we face at this moment, however, has less to do with the price of new student loans than it does the $1.1 trillion that has already been drawn down. And while the government has made a decent effort to address this problem, too many borrowers remain unaided because their loans have been … Continue reading “Too many borrowers remain unaided”

Borrowers miss out many forms of repayment assistance

Each type of loan consolidation should be entered into only with thoughtful consideration, and the guidance of a trusted and seasoned professionals. When borrowers choose to include federal student loans in a consolidation with other outstanding debt they miss out on the many forms of repayment assistance that are generously made available exclusively for their … Continue reading “Borrowers miss out many forms of repayment assistance”