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Student loan refinancing vs. consolidation: What’s the difference?
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoRefinancing and consolidation are terms often used interchangeably with credit cards, personal...
How to get a debt consolidation loan with bad credit
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoKey takeaways A debt consolidation loan is primarily meant to save money on interest by securing a lower APR and a shorter payoff timeline. Bad credit...
What is a federal Direct Loan?
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoDirect Loans are federal student loans issued by the U.S. Department of Education. A great starting point for most borrowers, these loans offer both low...
Can you consolidate defaulted student loans?
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoJohner Images/Getty Images If you’re one of the five million borrowers who have defaulted on their federal student loans, the Direct Consolidation Loan...
Can you change your student loan repayment plan?
Yahoo Personal Finance· 4 months agoFederal student loans default to a standard repayment term of 10 years. But depending on your financial situation, you may want to adjust your repayment...
How to apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Yahoo Personal Finance· 4 months agoWhat if you could get rid of five figures of student loan debt overnight? For hundreds of thousands of borrowers, that's exactly what happened, thanks to...
Are Parent PLUS loans eligible for forgiveness? No, but there's still a loophole to save
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoParents who took federal loans to pay for their kid’s college education can use a loophole to cut...
What are FFELP student loans?
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoAbout 43 million Americans have student loans, which equaled about $1.62 trillion in outstanding loan amounts as of June 30, 2022. Many were Federal...
Student-loan borrowers who combined their debts with a current or former spouse just took a 'huge...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA program shuttered in 2006 allowed married couples to combine their student debt balances. But law...
Student loan borrowers get more clarity on Biden’s plan to adjust payment history
Yahoo Finance via AOL· 1 year agoThe federal government provided more details on its plan to adjust the payment histories of millions...
