If you have strong credit, you may be eligible for a lower interest rate
by refinancing your loans instead.
If you can't get a co-signer release, you may be able to free your co-signer
by refinancing the loan instead.
Not exact matches
Even if a personal
loan rate is lower than your current student
loan rate, you might save even more
by refinancing with new private student
loans,
instead.
You can estimate how much you'll save
by refinancing private
loans, calculate whether you'd be better off throwing every extra penny at your debt or investing it
instead, and figure out how much interest you'll rack up if you put your
loans in forbearance.
Refinancing can extend the
loan by using smaller monthly payments over a longer time, and it can allow for a lower fixed interest rate
instead of multiple variable interest rates on multiple
loans.
Even if a personal
loan rate is lower than your current student
loan rate, you might save even more
by refinancing with new private student
loans,
instead.
If you decide that a
refinancing is not worth the costs, ask your lender whether you may be able to obtain all or some of the new terms you want
by agreeing to a modification of your existing
loan instead of a
refinancing.
Instead, they
refinanced to another 30 - year
loan and spent the extra savings
by financing a new motorcycle and flooring.
If you don't want to
refinance but have the extra money each month to increase the payment, then you can pay off the
loan in 15 years
instead of 30
by making the extra payments.
By resisting the urge to extend your
loan term, you can
instead refinance to reduce the term and to get a lower interest rate, which could significantly reduce the amount of interest you pay over the life of the
loan.