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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

Majority of Homeowners Tackling Home Improvement Projects, With Painting, Landscaping and Bathroom Upgrades Topping To-Do Lists

Home is where the heart is, but it’s also where the hammer is lately. In the past 12 months, 68% of homeowners started or completed... read more

Annual Costs to Raise a Small Child Increased By 19.3% Nationwide to $21,681 Between 2016 and 2021

Raising a child has never been cheap — and like everything else, it’s getting more expensive. The latest LendingTree study shows that the average annual... read more

Americans Are Sitting on Tens of Trillions of Dollars of Home Equity — Here’s Where Homeowners Are Offered the Largest and Smallest Home Equity Loans

American homeowners are sitting on $28.7 trillion of home equity. That’s significant, even if the amount has fallen from a record $31.8 trillion in the... read more

Fueled by Social Media, Gen Zers and Millennials Admit to Overspending on Beauty Products

Beauty is pain — and it’s particularly painful on wallets. According to the latest LendingTree survey of nearly 1,950 U.S. consumers, Americans spend an average... read more

Places Where Black Americans Thrive the Most (and Least)

The financial challenges that Black Americans face are evident. An ever-moving target, the net worth of Black families in America is typically a fraction of... read more

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