Veterans have been earning guaranteed VA home loan benefits since 1944, and since its inception, the VA has guaranteed over 29 million home loans, valued at nearly $4 trillion. Those VA loan benefits include zero down payment,

College Ave is another well-regarded lender and is even more closely matched with Sallie Mae: Both offer loans to full-time, half-time and part-time students and will lend as little as $1,000 or as much as 100% of your school-certified costs.

Citi offers several home loans, including the HomeRun Mortgage, which requires a 3% down payment and requires no mortgage insurance. Citi discloses rates on its website, and you can apply in person, by phone or online.

It's not just the younger generations carrying student loan debt. While baby boomers are less likely to carry an education loan balance, those that do owe the second-highest average balance among the generations. And Gen X carries a higher average balance ...

Refinancing could make sense if you want to lower your interest rate, get rid of mortgage insurance or change loan terms Homeowners typically refinance if they can get better interest rates, often at least 0.75 percentage points lower than their current rate.

A Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan is a government-insured mortgage issued by an FHA-approved lender to help borrowers who don't meet conventional standards.

A lower monthly payment sounds like an obvious win when you are staring down tens of thousands of dollars in student debt. The pitch from private lenders is direct: swap your old loans for one with a lower interest rate and a single monthly bill.

Some teachers would be able to shave at least five years off their student loan forgiveness timeline under a bill introduced in Congress May 14. If the Teacher Debt Relief Act is passed, teachers can work toward partial forgiveness under the Stafford Student Loan Forgiveness program and full forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness