The borrower existnefits that once existed in the world of reorcement are now gone.
It’s as if Back to the Future’s resident tough guy Biff Tannen told them to make like a tree and leave (although he used to screw that line up).
Regardless, those betterments listened and bolted out of down quicker than Bruce Willis’ character in Pulp Fiction. They are now no where to be found. You can circle over as countless stones as you like, but all you’ll find is some moist soil and a few earthworms. So where did they go?
The attractive benefit packages left when all those companies offering consolidation left the mart due to the recession. When indefinite companies were in the business of consolidating federal and private advances it was middling to hear a borrower receiving a 1% mark down after 24 on lifetime payments and a .50 ACH discount on top of that. Now, .25 ACH is basically all that’s available, at least on the federal side.
The rates and benefit plans available to you are all linked to timing. If you graduated in the late 90’s your federal interest rates were consolidated at all over 8%. In 2004-05 you were in the 3.5% range, with benefit packages taking you well under 3%. Today many students are glued around 6-6.8%.
If you have older brothers and/or sisters who graduated a few years ago they will probably tell you what a wonderful rate they got. They are not lying. They just happened to be in the prerrogative spot at the right time.
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