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Dan Shepard

Managing Editor

  • Expertise: Personal finance, news, student loans, personal loans and debt, small business
  • Education: SUNY Plattsburgh

 


Dan Shepard is the managing editor for studies and surveys at LendingTree. The studies and surveys team creates precise and concise data-driven content that informs and explains about Americans’ financial lives.

Before joining LendingTree, Dan worked for Student Loan Hero as a copy editor. The longtime journalist has also worked for the Schenectady (N.Y.) Daily Gazette, Bleacher Report, Philly.com, the Philadelphia Daily News, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Utica (N.Y.) Observer-Dispatch.

Dan earned a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Plattsburgh in New York.

Articles by Dan Shepard

Homeownership Less Affordable in More Than Three-Quarters of U.S. Counties

An inventory shortage, coupled with low mortgage rates and lightning-quick turnarounds on sales, drove a hot housing market in 2021 — and 2022 shows little... read more

How Much Federal Student Loan Borrowers Owe in Each State

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted Americans in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to varying degrees. While payments on most federal student loans... read more

Best Places to Pay Down Debt

A new year means new beginnings, but it’s hard to make a fresh start with debt saddling you down. You could take out a personal... read more

76% of Americans Aim to Be Smarter With Their Money in 2022

Besides the usual New Year's resolutions of losing weight, eating better and pursuing new passions, Americans intend to improve their finances in 2022. According to... read more

Metros Where Entrepreneurship Boomed Amid the Coronavirus Crisis

Amid the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of new U.S. business applications rose 25% between 2019 and 2020. To get a deeper understanding,... read more

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