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Do Deferred Student Loans Affect Your Credit Score?
Deferment gives you a temporary reprieve from student loan payments. Your loans are usually automatically deferred while you’re in school....
6-min read Student Loan Interest Rates by Year
If you’re a student or parent researching how student loan interest rates have changed, you’re likely preparing to take out...
9-min read Why Your Student Loan Payment Increased
Opening your mail and learning that your student loan payment increased can be shocking. It can also be worrisome if...
8-min read Can You Make Principal-Only Payments on Student Loans?
When you make minimum monthly payments on your student loans, a portion goes toward the interest on the loan, and...
4-min read How Student Loans Affect Your Retirement
Retirement may be years away, but it’s never too soon to start planning for it. If you borrowed money to...
6-min read North Carolina HELOC Rates and Lenders
Finding the best HELOC rates in North Carolina can save you thousands of dollars in interest over the life of...
9-min read What to Do If Your Student Loans Were Sold to Another Company
If you’ve borrowed student loans to pay for college, your loan may be transferred or sold to a new servicer...
8-min read Do Student Loans Have Compound or Simple Interest?
If you take out student loans to pay for school, you’ll pay interest on what you borrow. This is true...
6-min read How a Missed Student Loan Payment Affects You
Missed student loan payments happen, but it doesn’t need to be the end of the world. The specific consequences you’ll...
7-min read When Do Student Loans Expire?
Repaying student loans can take years, and you may wonder if there’s an expiration date for the debt. Federal student...
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