Strategic Student Loan Defaults Growing in the US

author by on Dec. 29, 2017

Bankruptcy & Debt Credit & Debt Other  Education Bankruptcy & Debt  Collection 

Summary: Many consumers and borrowers today though are eschewing worry and respect for the credit score in lieu of more strategic financial moves.

"...as part of a $1.4 trillion student loan crisis in the US, [borrowers] are thinking of their families and their futures—without an average loan payment of over $350 figuring into their plans."

Read the entire article on the official Fitzgerald & Campbell, APLC blog.

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