When people refer to Stafford Loans, they generally mean federal Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans Kelly Larsen is an editor at Buy Side and expert on home buying, saving for retirement and ...

Interest rates on subsidized Stafford Loans are set to double July 1, 2013. June 3, 2013— -- You've heard vague mentions of interest rates doubling on some student loans and it makes your stomach ...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and three other Republican Congressmen sent a letter (pdf) to the White House yesterday with two proposals on how to keep the interest rate low on subsidized ...

Today, another full-court press begins to keep the interest rate on Stafford student loans capped at 3.4%, rather than double on July 1. President Barack Obama is getting on the phone with student ...

On July 1, Stafford student loan rates for college students doubled to 6.8 percent after inaction from Congress. Senate Democrats attempted to pass a one-year extension of the rate cuts in a ...

Do you have a federal student or parent loan? A lovely surprise is coming your way, starting July 1. The interest rate will fall -- probably by a lot. You won't know the new rate until the end of May.