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Student Loan Lending Still Going Strong
12 January 09 04:34 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite being hampered last year by a lack of investors and a lack of access to credit, federal student loan lenders are surviving the economic crisis — making the student loan market one of the few lending industries still able to thrive this year, The Read More...

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Student Loan Default Rates In Nevada Rank Among Top In Nation
08 December 08 04:55 AM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

After ranking number one in the nation for student loan defaults for the last four years, Nevada managed to come in fifth this year with a 7.4-percent default rate based on the Education Department ’s data for borrowers who began repaying their loans Read More...

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Student Loan Providers May Get Government Help for One More Year
17 September 08 05:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

With problems in the credit markets continuing to plague student loan providers, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a year-long extension of the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act , which allows the secretary of education Read More...

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With Government’s Help, Lenders Returning to Federal Student Loan Market
05 June 08 02:08 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A number of lenders who abandoned the federal student loan market in recent months may be returning, in light of a new law designed to keep struggling lenders afloat, according to a Dow Jones Newswires article. Many of the 102 companies that scaled back Read More...

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Banks Become More Selective, Leaving Some Colleges Without Student Loans
02 June 08 05:49 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Students at community colleges, for-profit universities, and other less competitive institutions may soon have trouble finding a lender willing to offer them federal student loans. Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, PNC, and SunTrust are no longer offering student loans to certain colleges — schools that the banks have determined tend toward higher default rates, fewer borrowers, and small loan amounts that make business less profitable. Read More...

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