If you’re a graduate or college parent with any outstanding federal student loans, you may be able to lower your monthly student loan payments by up to 42% just by consolidating your parent or student loans. When you consolidate your college loans, you may be able to extend the repayment term on your parent or student loans by up to 20 years. With that longer repayment term, since you have more time to repay, the amount you have to Read the rest of this entry

There is no other place quite like college. The exchange of ideas, the different people you will meet and the education you will receive can change your life. But there is a catch, college is expensive. It can be hard for the average person to afford this wonderful college education. In this case, student loans might be your solution.

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Congress has recently decided to change rules for student loan consolidations.

One of the changes effects the payment of student loan consolidations, both for federal and for private student loans. The payments will now be based on the student’s income. If a student can show that he or she suffers from ‘partial financial hardships’ then the payments made monthly on a student loan consolidation will be limited at abou Read the rest of this entry