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Student loan loophole about to close

…  year ago, hundreds of thousands of students rushed to take advantage of a loophole allowing them to consolidate their student loans before they graduated and lock in the lowest interest rates in the history of the Federal Family Education Loan Program. Now the …

May 15th, 2006

Student Loan Rates Set for Record Increase; Fed Rate Hike Makes It Vital for Students and Parents to Consolidate Loans Now

…  it increasingly likely that interest rates on existing student loans, which are tied to the 91-day T-bill and reset on May 30, will rise by …

May 13th, 2006

Changes Coming To Federal Student Loan Program

…  is a big change coming to the federal student loan program, and according to officials, students who miss the July 1 deadline …  They will be forced to wait until graduation, and interest rates are expected to continue to rise. Based on current interest rates and …

May 13th, 2006

Wachovia Introduces Federal PLUS Loan for Graduate and Professional Students

…  Finance, one of the top-10 student-loan providers in the nation today introduced the Federal PLUS Loan for …  and investment banking products and services. Wachovia operates as Wachovia Bank through 3,159 offices in 16 states from Connecticut to …

May 5th, 2006

Education Finance Partners Launches Private Consolidation Loan

…  Finance Partners, a private education loan company providing consumer lending expertise, announces the launch of a …  borrowers the ability to refinance their existing private student loans (also called alternative loans) into one new loan offering lower monthly payments, potentially lower interest rates, and the convenience of a single monthly payment. “As people leave …

May 2nd, 2006

MCC Receives Grant For First Generation College Push

…  reducing high school dropout rates and encouraging at-risk students to become the first in their families to graduate from college. TG …  nonprofit corporation that guarantees federal student loans. MCC”s First Generation College Student Initiative is designed …

April 30th, 2006

Loan changes hit college costs

…  of when the money will be needed. Federal education loans have long been counted on by many families to finance at least a portion …  market-sensitive variable rate for a popular program that students and parents have used to consolidate their loans. But the most …

April 28th, 2006

Citibank Offers Graduate Students Opportunity to Secure Federal PLUS Loan Funds; Company Ready to Accept & Process Applications

…  Student Loan Corporation, a subsidiary of Citibank N.A., and a leading originator of …  “Citibank offers earned benefits that can reduce interest rates in repayment and also offers an option of zero payments for last six …

April 27th, 2006

Democrats propose student loan interest rate reductions

…  are promoting a bill to cut the interest rates for student loans in half in response to large budget cuts made to student aid earlier this …

April 25th, 2006

Look at your school loan options

…  look at your options for consolidating federal education loans. And if you’re in the borrowing stage, be prepared to pay more. On July 1, we officially say goodbye to the era of record low student loan rates. Today’s rates are the fourth lowest in the program’s …

April 25th, 2006