Not exact matches
Loan consolidation companies have
varying rates, and along with these rates, you must also consider the
repayment period and borrower protection.
Consolidation means combining student
loans as one big
loan so that you don't have to keep track of several ones with
varying interest rates and
repayment duration
periods.
Where a traditional
loan (think of a car
loan) has a fixed payment and a fixed
repayment period (often 5 to 7 years), the
repayment of a credit card has a
varied payment and fluctuating
repayment period.
Because these rates do not change, we see no need to adopt a rule that would cap interest rates for calculation of
loan debt at a rate that would
vary during the first five years of the
repayment period.
Students need to understand how the different types of education
loans vary, in terms of interest and
repayment periods, and how they all will require
repayment — often over many years.
Home
loans in 2017 are available with less than 5 % annual interest and come with a variety of terms including adjustable and fixed rates with
varying repayment periods.