Lemons For Loans: How to Pay Your Student Loans and Get a Car in One Easy ...

PolicyMicLemons For Loans: How to Pay Your Student Loans and Get a Car in One Easy ...PolicyMicDo you stay up nights wondering how to turn an iPhone into a car or a car into an iPhone? Do you spend up to 90% of your ad budget chasing the wrong customers? Is your ineffective wooing of millennials costing you millions? If you answered yes to one ...

Is student loan debt the next housing crisis?

Marketplace.orgIs student loan debt the next housing crisis?Marketplace.org... to repossess a diploma," Mayotte jokes. On the plus side though, there are a lot more options available to those who are struggling to pay off their student loan debt -- including the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and income-based repayment.

Does the government make money from student loans?

Marketplace.orgDoes the government make money from student loans?Marketplace.orgA recent report out on student loans says that we owe more money than ever before. Five years ago, 47 percent of students received federal financial aid -- now that number is up to 57 percent. If you include private loans and grants, that number jumps ...

NYU's loans for summer homes highlights student debt injustice

The Guardian (blog)NYU's loans for summer homes highlights student debt injusticeThe Guardian (blog)These loans, let me add, are do not work like student loans or, for that matter, the home mortgage that you and I might apply for at the local bank. As the Times reports, Sexton's loans came with generous "forgiveness" provisions. They also carried an ...

NYU's loans for summer homes highlights student debt injustice

The Guardian (blog)NYU's loans for summer homes highlights student debt injusticeThe Guardian (blog)These loans, let me add, are do not work like student loans or, for that matter, the home mortgage that you and I might apply for at the local bank. As the Times reports, Sexton's loans came with generous "forgiveness" provisions. They also carried an ...

New Student Loan Counseling Tools

The U.S. Department of Education recently launched  new tools to help students better understand their student loan debt and stay on track with repayment. In addition to the Entrance and Exit loan counseling your school may require you to complete, July of 2012, the Dept. of Ed introduced the Financial Awareness Counseling Tool (FACT)- an interactive, online loan counseling tool that may assist with managing your budget and avoiding loan default. To enhance what is available, they introduced a new Complete Counseling Web page that combines a number of resources, like the FACT, into one comprehensive website. The Dept. of Ed also launched a new Repayment Estimator that allows borrowers to compare potential monthly payment amounts across all seven repayment options. Now, more than ever, students using student loans have access to a myriad of information to ensure that they are informed about their responsibilities and repayment options.

Federal student loan borrowers can access the new resources today by signing in to their accounts at StudentLoans.gov.