If you are drowning in debt from student loans, and
having trouble paying your bills, you may be able to
decrease the amount of interest you are paying,
by consolidating your student loan debt.

This can be done through a student loan debt consolidation.
Consolidating your student loan debt is something that
you can do fairly easily.

The Basics

You can combine several of your student or parent loans
into a single student loan debt consolidation.

You can consolidate your federal student loans too,
but make sure that you do not consolidate both
your federal student loans and private student loans
into a single student loan debt consolidation program.

Just as with other debt consolidation loans, you must
make your student loan debt consolidation payments
to a single lender, who further disburses to your old
creditors.

To go for debt consolidation of your student loans,
your minimum balance should be between $5,000 - $10,000
(depending on which lender), and you must either be in the
six month grace period after your studies, or
are already repaying your student loan.

Before selecting your student loan debt consolidation
option, review some advantages and the disadvantages:

* Through debt consolidation you make your student loan
payments to a single lender.

* Depending on the balance of your loan amount,
your consolidated student loan has an extended repayment
term from 10 to 30 years.

* When negotiating with your bank or financial institutions,
ensure that your phased repayment plan allows you to easily
meet your monthly payments and have a good credit rating,
at the same time.

* The rate of interest for student loan debt consolidation
is capped at 8.25 percent for federal student loans.

* Once the rate is fixed you cannot take advantage if the
interest rates fall in future.

* There are no fees charged for student loan consolidation.

* Once approved, you cannot undo your student loan debt
consolidation as they have already repaid in full to your
previous creditors and they no longer exist.

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