Student loans can be a significant financial burden for many people, especially as the average loan balance continues to rise. Paying off student loans can ...

Financial experts recommend young people start building their ... can affect your credit score, such as making timely payments on your student loans and/or cell phone payment plans.

But not paying off your student loans—or defaulting on them—can negatively affect your credit scores. Looking for ways to monitor your credit so you can make sure you’re on the right track and see how ...

For 10-year fixed private student loans, interest rates rose by over two percentage points, while 5-year variable student loan interest ticked up by more than a quarter of a percentage point.

Taking on student loans can feel like forfeiting large swathes of your financial future. With factors like accrued interest coming into play, combined with overall increases in the cost of ...

Personal responsibility and accountability are virtues fundamental to any functioning society. Everyone makes decisions based on different goals and aspirations, and we are all ultimately responsible ...

A study by economists found that relief from medical debt did not improve people's mental health or credit scores. A debt-relief nonprofit believes otherwise.

Students throughout the country agree that student loan forgiveness is a must. An Axios survey founds that students on both sides of the political spectrum think the government should be doing more to ...

A Kansas program designed to funnel new faces into rural counties is getting a major overhaul. Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of the Kansas Department of Commerce ...

HELOCs begin with a draw period, which lets you use your line of credit to pay off your divorce settlement. Most lenders allow for interest-only payments during this phase, although if you pay down ...

Here's when experts say a home equity loan could make the most sense: ...