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”
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”
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”
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”
There is a debt relief option that can help. In fact, advises that borrowers who own homes may be able to combine their student loans with their mortgage. Stating the main premise behind debt consolidation loans, this will effectively lower the interest rates and could lower the monthly contributions as well. That should make it … Continue reading “Paying less overall interest as the balance is repaid”