FAP847: Payday loans, foreclosures, PLUS loans

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Student Financial Aid News
+ Tons of foreclosure news – foreclosures up 122%, some states tripling or quadrupling
+ If you’re a parent, the new legislation for PLUS loans is in effect – if you need to borrow to pay for education, take a look at the PLUS loan
+ Payday loan alert from yesterday
+ Stafford federal student loans
+ Parent PLUS loans
+ Private student loans

Scholarship Update
+ Create an original Starship Troopers 3: Marauder poster or video Public Service Announcement and be eligible to win a $250 scholarship and prize pack worth $589.95. Deadline is August 27, 2008. All entries must be an original English language creation and must include the Starship Troopers 3: Marauder and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment logos as well as the August 5th release date. No purchase necessary. Open to any member of Brickfish who is a resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, has access to the Internet, and is 18 or older at the time of entry.
+ Details at our free college scholarship search site

Free Stuff Friday
+ Some perfume from Nina Ricci
+ Bunch of trash bags
+ Calgoo
+ Slydial leaves direct voicemail on mobiles
+ Google Maps adds walking directions
+ Fruit picking season if you live near a farm – and you might
+ More fun games – Aurora Feint, Life, Labyrinth, Exposure – all for iPod Touch and iPhone

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Reminders

+ Financial Aid Podcast Show Notes at FinancialAidNews.com.
+ Free scholarship search secrets eBook at StudentScholarshipSearch.com/ebook

+ Private student loans
+ Student credit card information at StudentPlatinum.com
+ FAFSA tutorials and free help
+ Financial Aid discussion forums

+ Stafford loans | Other federal student loans
+ The Financial Aid Podcast is a publication of the Student Loan Network.