Cosigner Issues Archives

What is a Student Loan Co-Borrower?

A co-borrower is technically different from a cosigner. Learn the key differences, similarities and responsibilities as they apply to student loans.

A student loan cosigner dying can lead to some issues for the borrower. Fortunately, shady lender tactics can often be avoided.

Cosigning loans with your spouse may seem like an easy and harmless decision, but doing so can be a huge financial mistake.

Life insurance is essential for many student loan cosigners.

Cosigning is a major risk, which makes it hard to find the right person with a great credit score and steady income.

Cosigning on a student loan is usually a bad idea.

Navient doesn’t like releasing cosigners, but there are multiple was to remove a cosigner from your Navient loan.

If you are not careful, cosigned student loans can make it harder to get a mortgage and impact the size of your mortgage.

If the primary borrower isn’t making payments on a student loan, cosigners have several options to address the situation.