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Getting Student Loans With Bad Or No Credit; Federal Student Loans

10/14/2009
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Bad or no credit can make it difficult to obtain a student loan for anyone just out of high school or an adult going on to continue their education or attain a graduate degree. However, the idea that bad credit can keep someone out of college is wrong due to the many options available...
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Consolidating Student Loans After College; Reducing Debt

10/11/2009
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Student loans follow that majority of college students when graduation rolls around and the average amount of debt for an undergraduate college student is over $20,000. Most college students take out various student loans over their academic career and not all of those student loans are the same. There are student loans and parental...
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Private Residential Construction Is Beginning To Rise

10/06/2009
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Private residential construction is on the rise despite the forecast of construction being down.  It’s true that construction has slowed across the board but private residential construction has been at a crawl since September of 2008.  There were also dips in private residential construction spending in July and August but things look to be...
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House Bill Takes Control of Student Loans

09/29/2009
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The House voted on and passed a bill that would do away with private lenders in the student loan business and put the government in the driver’s seat. The bill if passed by the senate would end subsidies for private lenders and would increase Pell grants for needy students, along with other changes to...
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