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Make sure you make your student loan payment on time

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:22:58 +0000

Just like mortgage payments, student loan repayments need to be on time also. Your loan servicer will provide information about repayment and will notify you of the date loan repayment begins. In most cases, your loan payment will be monthly. It is very important that you make your loan payment on time every month. You should treat it as your mortgage payments even if you don’t have mortgage payment yet. If you don’t pay your mortgage payments, you could end up with bank foreclosures. If you don’t pay your student loan payments, you could end up in default, which has serious consequences.

Many new grads don’t realize that the student loan payments are as real as it gets. This might be the most serious financial commitment you’ve made so far. Stick to it and pay it.

Source: ed.gov

There are some loans are ineligible for consolidation

admin — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:40:47 +0000

Although most education loans are eligible for consolidation into a Direct Consolidation Loan. There are some private loans that are always ineligible for consolidation. So before you take out any student loans, consider your options and study all fine prints. It’s easy and tempting to get the loans before you enter the programs and thinking it’ll be easy to pay them off later on with good salary. or some of you might think that you’d worry about that later on.

It’s not the same any more. Students who graduate in bad economical times often find themselves looking for jobs and finding none or they’d have to take jobs that are low payed. Many recent graduates find themselves just in that situation. So before you sign any loan papers, talk to a professional. Here are some loans that will not be eligible for consolidation:

Loans made by a state or private lender and not guaranteed by the federal government
Primary Care Loans
Law Access Loans
Medical Assist Loans
PLATO Loans

Source: U.S. Department of Education

Some federal education loans are eligible for consolidation into a Direct Consolidation Loan

admin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:11:27 +0000

If you have several student loans and are overwhelmed by the payment, you need to consider the option of consolidating. If you have a federal education loan, you can consolidate it into a Direct Consolidation Loan. The subsidized loans that can be consolidated are:

Subsidized Federal Stafford Loans
Direct Subsidized Loans
Subsidized Federal Consolidation Loans
Direct Subsidized Consolidation Loans
Federal Insured Student Loans (FISL)
Guaranteed Student Loans (GSL)

Source: Department of Education

There are some student loans you can’t consolidate

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:07:41 +0000

This is the perfect time to consolidate your student loans. The rates are low and you won’t see this kind of rates once the economy starts growing again. While most federal education loans are eligible for consolidation into a direct consolidation loan including subsidized loans and unsubsidized loans. There are a few exceptions that some students loans are always ineligible for consolidation.

While these loans may not be included in a Direct Consolidation Loan, they may be considered in the calculation of the maximum repayment period under the Graduated or Extended Repayment Plan. These include but are not limited to the following:

Loans made by a state or private lender and not guaranteed by the federal government
Primary Care Loans
Law Access Loans
Medical Assist Loans
PLATO Loans

So if you are still in school and are planning on taking out more loans or going to Medical or law school, study your options.

Source: U.S. Department of Education. www.ed.gov

You have the Borrower Grace Periods no matter what the lender says

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:12:06 +0000

You are graduating, or you have graduated for 3 moths and yet there’s no sign of a full time job. You’re still hunting for that job and you’re losing sleep over the upcoming payment of your student loans. You are worried that someone from the lender will call you soon and you will receive a written notice.

Regardless what people tell you, there’s a Borrower Grace Period.
Here’s what it stands for: after you graduate, leave school, or drop below half-time enrollment, you have a period of time before you have to begin repayment. This “grace period” will be

Six months for a Federal Stafford Loan (Direct Loan Program^SM or Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL^SM) Program).
Nine months for Federal Perkins Loans.

It does offer some relief in a bad economy such as this one, but you will still need to find that job soon.

Source: studentaid.ed.gov

Why You May Have to Repay Part of a Grant

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:46:23 +0000

Unlike loans, grants do not usually have to be repaid. However, there are two reasons why you may have to repay part of a Federal grant:

1) The amount given to you was more than you were eligible to receive (this is called an over-award). This can happen if the school makes an error when calculating your eligibility for financial aid, or if an audit of your financial records reveals that some of the information you provided was incorrect (for example, your income was higher than what you reported on your application for financial aid).

2) You withdrew early from the program for which the grant was given to you.

Source: US Education Department

Bankruptcy and a Federal Student Loan

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:30:15 +0000

By Richard Shelmerdine

If you are looking for information on bankruptcy and a federal student loan then you have come to the right place. You may feel that your federal student loan is making your financial life hell at the moment but it does not have to be like that. Bankruptcy is and should always be a last option. What will happen if you decide to go bankrupt though is not as bad once you think about it. It means that you will have a totally fresh slate financially. Although you may be marked by a few financial organizations for a couple of years and will struggle to get money from banks lent to you.

Firstly the main thing that you need here is communication with your federal student loan company. If you do not talk to the they will not know what you want and lots of people do this. Do not be one of them and you will find a way through this difficult financial time. Talk to them and mention your financial woes and that you may even consider bankruptcy. Because they will definitely get no money if you go bankrupt because you start over again they will let you pay at a highly discounted rate just so they get something from you. Sad but true.

Then when you have completed this stage you might want to look into something like debt consolidation. This is where you get all of your student loan and other debts that you are struggling to pay and you give them to a student loan debt consolidation organization and they pay it off for you and you pay one single monthly payment over time. The charge is surprisingly small too.

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Article Source: EzineArticles.com

The Direct Consolidation Loan Program offers four repayment plans

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:57:37 +0000

The Direct Consolidation Loan Program offers four repayment plans with various term selections:

Standard Repayment Plan – Under this plan, you will pay a fixed amount of at least $50 each month for up to 10 to 30 years, based on your total education indebtedness. This plan may result in lower total interest paid when compared to repayment under one of the graduated plans.If you have not selected a repayment plan by the time repayment begins, your loan(s) will be placed on the Standard Repayment Plan.
Graduated Repayment Plan – Under this plan, you will pay a minimum payment amount at least equal to the amount of interest accrued monthly for up to 10 to 30 years, based on your total education indebtedness. Your payments start out low, and then increase every two years. Generally, the amount you will repay over the term of your loan will be higher under the Consolidation Graduated Repayment Plan than under the Consolidation Standard Repayment Plan. This plan may be beneficial if your income is low now but is likely to steadily increase.
Extended Repayment Plan – To qualify for this plan, your Direct Loan balance must be greater than $30,000, and you will have up to 25 years to repay your loan(s). Plan options include:
- Fixed Monthly Payment Option – You will pay a fixed amount of at least $50 each month for up to 25 years. Repayment under this plan will result in lower total interest paid when compared to graduated plans with similar terms.
- Graduated Monthly Payment Option – You will pay a minimum payment amount of at least $50 or the amount of interest accrued monthly, whichever is greater, for up to 25 years. Your payments start out low and then increase every two years. Repayment under this plan may provide lower initial monthly payments, although the total interest paid may be greater when compared to plans with similar terms with fixed payments. This plan may be beneficial if your income is low now but is likely to steadily increase.
**Extended repayment terms are available to Direct Loan borrower with no outstanding principal or interest balances as of October 7, 1998 and with more than $30,000 in Direct Loans.
Income Contingent Repayment (ICR) Plan – payment amount is based on your income (and your spouse’s income, if you are married), loan balance and family size, and can vary year-to-year for up to 25 years.

Source: U.S Department of Education

What you need to know about repaying student loans

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:35:05 +0000

After you graduate, leave school, or drop below half-time enrollment, you have a period of time before you have to begin repayment. This “grace period” will be

* six months for a Federal (FFEL) or Direct Stafford Loan.
* nine months for Federal Perkins Loans

The repayment period for all PLUS loans begins on the date the loan is fully disbursed, and the first payment is due within 60 days of the final disbursement. However, a graduate student PLUS loan borrower (as well as a parent PLUS borrower who is also a student) can defer repayment while the borrower is enrolled at least half time, and, for PLUS loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2008, for an additional six months after the borrower is no longer enrolled at least half-time. Interest that accrues during these periods will be capitalized if not paid by the borrower.

Parent PLUS loan borrowers whose loans were first disbursed on or after July 1, 2008, may choose to have repayment deferred while the student for whom the parent borrowed is enrolled at least half-time and for an additional six months after that student is no longer enrolled at least half-time. Interest that accrues during these periods will be capitalized if not paid by the borrower.

Source: U.S. Department of Education

Repaying Defaulted Student Loans Held By a Guaranty Agency

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:33:57 +0000

Under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, after your student loan is placed in default by the holder of the loan, an insurance claim for the amount of the loan is paid by the guaranty agency (the organization that administers the FFEL Program for your state) to the holder of the loan. To find out more about your repayment options for your loan held by a guaranty agency, please call the agency servicing your loan. You can call the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243), to find out which guaranty agency holds your loan.

Source: U.S. Department of Education