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One in Three College Students Expect Taxpayers to Absorb Student Loans…

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The majority of college students ignore the costs of their student loans and more than a third expect taxpayers to cover the tab, according to a new poll. A poll of college students and recent graduates found that 56 percent of borrowers did not know the interest rates on the loans enabling them to attend […]

New Rule Makes it Easier to Get a Mortgage with Student Loan Debt…

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For millions of Americans drowning in student loan debt, the prospect of getting a mortgage might seem out of reach. Last week, Fannie Mae changed underwriting rules that could make it much easier for people with student loan debt to qualify for a mortgage. Here are the details. The new rule impacts people with federal […]

SHOCKER: Colleges Stop Exorbitant Price Increases After Congress Caps Student Loans…

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America’s colleges and universities have finally stopped their practice of annually gouging students with price increases for tuition, fees and room and board — to the accumulated tune of a growth rate of 400 percent in the last three decades. Labor Department statistics collected by The Wall Street Journal show that aggregate tuition increases in […]

U.S. Government Caught Massively Fabricating Student Loan Default Data…

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The Education Department released a memo saying that it had overstated student loan repayment rates at most colleges and trade schools and provided updated numbers. This also means that the number of loan defaults in various cohorts is far greater than previously revealed.

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