4 Important Facts About Student Loan Consolidation (veezq-29366)

Four facts that you must know before you sign up with a student loan consolidation company. Find out what you should be looking for in a good loan company.

When getting loans you should always understand what you're getting yourself into before you sign up. So here are 4 important facts you should know about consolidating student loans.

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Fact 1: Same Interest Rates For Everyone At The Start All federal student loan consolidation rates must start with the same rates that are suggested by Congress every year. Student loan consolidation companies are required to give everyone the same federal rates

Fact 2: You Save Money On The Benefits If it's your first time consolidating your loan then the real savings are in the benefits and discounts of signing up. Standard benefit: 0.25% off your rate for using automatic checking account withdrawal. Standard benefit: 0.6% off your repayment rate if you consolidate in your grace period. Extra benefit: if you have more than $20,000 in federal student loans, 1.0% off after your first 36 on time payments.

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Ok let's start with a scenario, of $25,000 in federal Stafford loans and your rate before 1 July 2006 is at 3.37%. If you're still in your grace period (6 months before your payments start only for graduates) you're rate will decrease to 2.875%.

Automatic checking account withdrawal will reduce is further to 2.625% and after your 36th on time payments your rates will drop a further 1.0% to a new low of 1.625%. This is how the benefits of student loan consolidation really works and it really saves you a lot of money.

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Fact 3: Read The Fine Print Before You Sign Anything! Some loan companies will give you a list of borrower's benefits for signing up with them. For example if you make 24 on time payments you'll get 1% off which is great but in the fine print it's only available for loans above $50,000. Statistically, only 17% of all graduates will have a loan debt this high so it's not advised to sign up with this particular company.

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Other companies give even better benefits like 2.5% off your rate but they'll only give you a grace period of 3 days. That's not going to work because what happens if your mail got delayed or worse you didn't check your mail? It means that you'll loose your benefits so be careful and always read the fine print.

Fact 4: Good Customer Service Is Important Some student loan companies will do anything to make you call them but when you do you find yourself lost because some companies don't train their phone staff well and they fail to answer simple questions. So when ringing up loan companies make sure they are well versed in their products and they know their products and rates. Also make sure that when you wait on the phone for a consultant, that you don't wait too long like 1 hour because it could mean they are under staff or they are taking on too many applications at one time which means they might not always be able to take your call after you've sign up.

I hope these facts will help you in your decision and may you have a successful time finding the best student loan consolidation company.