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Showing posts with label private student loans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label private student loans. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Private Student-Loan Debt at an All-Time High: TICAS Releases Snoozer Report

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 According to a recent report by the Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), the 2020 class of college graduates has amassed $136...
Friday, August 27, 2021

Never co-sign a student loan. I repeat: Never co-sign a student loan.

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 Joss recently wrote Stever Rhode ( the Get Out of Debt Guy ) and asked for advice about a student loan her father took out to help finance ...
Saturday, June 19, 2021

Student-loan payment relief during COVID crisis ends soon: Will student debtors start making payments again?

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 About 40 million student borrowers got some relief last year when the Department of Education allowed student debtors to temporarily skip t...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Three professors propose a complicated plan to protect private student-loan debtors: But isn't there a simple solution?

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 Leaves of Grass ,  director Tim Blake Nelson's cinematic paean to Oklahoma culture, tells a story about  Bill and Brady Kincaid, twin b...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts: A Window into the World of Private Student Loans

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CFPB v. NCSLT: A Settlement is Scuttled In 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sued the National College Student Loan Tru...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

HEROES bill dishes out thin gruel for student-loan debtors: "Please, sir, I want some more."

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In its original form, the HEROES bill was 1,800 pages long; and I am grateful to Steve Rhode of Get Out of Debt Guy for summarizing its es...
Friday, March 6, 2020

Retirees with student-loan debt should ask elderly presidential candidates what they plan to do about the student-loan crisis

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Last month, the New York Times ran a story about retirement-age Americans who are struggling to pay off student-loan debt. As reported by Ti...
Monday, November 4, 2019

Crocker v. Navient Solutions: A small win for student-loan debtors

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Crocker v. Navient Solutions , a recent Fifth Circuit decision, is a small win for student-loan debtors. Essentially, the Fifth Circuit rule...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Student Borrowers Beware: Joe Biden is a Lackey of the Banks

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Fourteen years ago, Congress passed a so-called bankruptcy reform law at the behest of the banking industry. One provision--inserted solely ...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

How Can I Get Out of the Student Loan I Cosigned for My Son? Advice from Steve Rhode, the Get Out of Debt Guy

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If you are thinking about taking out a Parent PLUS loan to finance your child's college education or co-signing a relative's loan, y...
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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Rep. Maxine Waters didn't ask mega-bank executives a stupid question at a congressional hearing; She asked them the wrong question

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, asked seven big-bank executives an ignorant question when she...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Bob Hertz, Editor of New Laws for America, Has Some Good Suggestions for Solving the Student Loan Crisis

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Bob Hertz, who manages a website titled New Laws for America ( newlawsforamerica.blogspot/ ) sent me his list of legal reforms to solve the...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Mock v. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust: A peek into the shady world of the private student-loan market

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In 2007, Casondra Mock, a Texas resident, borrowed about $20,000 from Union Federal Savings Bank, a Rhode Island institution, to finance her...
Friday, July 13, 2018

Michelle Singletary gives good financial advice to young people about student loans, and here are my two cents (think La Brea tar pits)

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Michelle Singletary , a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post , gives good advice  to young people about managing debt--including stu...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Alexander Holmes v. National Collegiate Student Loan Trust: Don't co-sign your children's student loans!

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In 2006, Alexander Holmes co-signed a student loan with Charter Bank One to fund his son's education at the University of Southern India...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Missing Paperwork for Private Student Loans May Make Them Uncollectible: Boo Hoo!

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Some debt collectors for private student loans are finding it difficult to collect because they can't prove they actually own the debt. ...
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