Student Funding Group, LLC (StuFund) announced that it will be offering a number of new private student loan products. Some of these loans will feature no fees and are designed for students looking to finance their college education or consolidate private loan debt.
The StuFund Solutions Loan will have zero fees and offer competitive rates. “Our [...]
If they haven’t already, millions of seniors graduating from high school will turn their attention over the next few weeks to paying for college.
Scholarships and grants — which don’t have to be paid back — are the best option, of course. But not everyone has the academic record for merit aid, or a great jump [...]
New grant programs. Higher interest rates for student loans. A permanent tax exemption for 529 savings plans. In the college financing arena, the hottest trend in 2006 seemed to be change itself. A little tinkering here. Some sweeping overhauls there. What it all means depends on your personal circumstances. But no matter where you are [...]
When Jeremy Hynd graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2004, he applied to consolidate $44,000 in student loans. With interest rates then at record lows, consolidation offered the opportunity to lock in a 2.5% rate for the life of the loan.
But Hynd discovered that $27,000 of his loans weren’t eligible for federal loan consolidation because they [...]
Good news for student loan borrowers across the nation — Congress has repealed the “Single Holder Ruleâ€, allowing any student loan borrower to consolidate their student loans with American Education Services (AES). Under the Single Holder Rule, borrowers whose federal student loans were held by one lender were only able to consolidate their loans with [...]
Students have until June 30 to consolidate loans
Clemson University sophomore John Masslon, like other college student across the nation, is hearing from lots of lenders about his student loan.
Lenders are hawking offers to consolidate student loans and lock in rates before rates go up July 1.
Consolidation can lower monthly loan payments and save thousands of [...]
As one of the nation’s leading FFELP student loan consolidators, American Education Services (AES) encourages students, parents and graduates with either federal Stafford or PLUS loans to consider loan consolidation now, before interest rates increase on July 1, 2006.
The federal Stafford student loan interest rate will be increasing by almost two percent, costing borrowers thousands [...]
With tuition rates spiraling upward each year at most colleges and universities, it’s no secret earning that college degree comes with a hefty price tag.
According to “The College Boardâ€, on average, you’ll pay a little over thirty thousand dollars a year for a private school, adding up to a whopping hundred and thirty thousand dollars [...]