New Jersey passed a law in 2019 changing the way HESAA is supposed to settle with people who have defaulted on their NJCLASS loans. In case you’re not aware, HESAA settlements for NJCLASS loans have been pretty bad for a long time. This is because HESAA would demand huge monthly settlement payments with the full […]
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Do you have Federal student loans? Is your repayment plan based on your income? If the answer is ‘yes’ to both, then you must re-certify your income each year with your student loan servicer. Your servicer should notify you of your recertification requirement each year. But if you somehow miss this notice, you should be
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Should you refinance your student loans?
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NJCLASS loans are bad; if you’re not already aware of this, please do some research. And if you have a defaulted NJCLASS loan, it’s even worse. Believe it or not, there is a sure-fire way to worsen an NJCLASS loan that is already in default (or that hasn’t defaulted yet): By entering it into a
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The story appeared first in ProPublica and the New York Times, jointly, about the inflexibility of NJHESAA regarding NJCLASS loan repayment terms and the aggressive tactics the state agency uses in collecting these loans. The New York Times story is here: NY Times story on NJCLASS and the ProPublica story is here: ProPublica story on
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Have you been sued by National Collegiate Trust in New Jersey? You’re not alone – many people are being sued by this entity over their student loans. For awhile, earlier this year, National Collegiate Trust had stopped filing lawsuits in the State of New Jersey. But they’ve started back up again – and if you’re
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I was interviewed today about the hardships of private student loans in relation to a story about Christopher’s Law. Check it out here: Christopher’s Law Would Clarify Private Student Loans in Event of Death
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I recently read an article giving advice on what students should do with their student loans right around graduation time. The tips sounded pretty good – really good, in fact. The tips included items like these: Look at the types of student loans you have; Find out what kind of interest rate you have, whether fixed
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The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a guide for students of the schools formerly owned by Corinthian. If you borrowed student loan money to attend a Corinthian school, you should check out the guide to find out where you stand and what to do. If you have trouble with the link above, the
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Who is National Collegiate Trust? If you have a private student loan, there’s a chance that National Collegiate Trust might be trying to collect from you on that loan. This entity is a trust that holds private student loans that originally were issued by a major bank such as Bank of America or Chase. How
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