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Student-loan borrowers keep getting more signals of a rocky repayment road ahead
A recent GAO report found just over half of student-loan borrowers are current on payments. Changes…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers on Biden's new repayment plan have 2 options to get credit toward debt cancellation while the program is blocked
With the SAVE plan blocked, student-loan borrowers have a couple of options to get credit toward de…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Millions of student-loan borrowers are waiting for broad debt cancellation. The next president won't have any immediate answers.
Millions of student-loan borrowers were counting on debt cancellation under Biden. Then came the la…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Student-loan borrowers who were set to get debt cancellation or lower payments through Biden's new repayment plan won't get it for now. Here's what you need to know.
Two separate court rulings blocked parts of the SAVE plan, including student-debt relief and cheape…
Ayelet Sheffey
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A second Trump term would be 'chaos' for student loan borrowers
Trump has intensified his verbal attacks on student loan forgiveness and a recent Supreme Court rul…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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I was drowning in $370,000 of student loan debt with my salary as a teacher. Then, it was all forgiven.
A woman with a Ph.D. and $370,000 in student loan debt struggled to pay down her loans. She cried w…
Sarah Graves
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I live on a boat to help me pay off my $80,000 student-loan debt. Living this way has expenses, but I think there's a financial upside.
Cody Plante regrets his graduate school loans and said now he may die with some debt if he doesn't …
Jen Glantz
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Meet the millennials who got student-loan forgiveness and now have the freedom to save for retirement, grow their families, and consider going back to school
BI spoke to millennials who received student-loan forgiveness over the past few years due to Biden'…
Ayelet Sheffey,Katherine Tang…
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After various degrees and a brain injury, I owe $150,000 in student loans. The lawsuits and election only make it worse.
Shanna Hayes owes more than $150,000 in student loans, made worse after a brain injury. The electio…
Alice Tecotzky
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Middle-class Gen Xers are facing a new retirement challenge: their student loans
Student-loan debt is weighing down older workers, who may see their Social Security garnished to pa…
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey
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800,000 student-loan borrowers will soon get $39 billion in debt relief through new repayment reforms
"Borrowers fell through the cracks of a broken system that failed to keep accurate track of their p…
Theron Mohamed
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Student-loan borrowers are entering a new 'Wild West' where any form of debt relief is much less certain
The Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine, inviting uncertainty over the fate of federal r…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Biden isn't extending the student-loan payment pause — but borrowers might not have to immediately start repayment in October
The Education Department finalized its plan to give student-loan borrowers a three-month grace peri…
Ayelet Sheffey
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No EMI payments for six months as RBI extends moratorium on loans repayments till August 31
“In view of the extension of the lockdown and continuing disruptions on account of COVID-19, the…
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Biden's Education Department is delaying the release of a student-loan repayment plan intended to lower your monthly bills
An Education Department spokesperson told Insider this delay should not impact when new income-driv…
Ayelet Sheffey
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What's the difference between mortgage forbearance and deferment? It comes down to interest and repayment methods
If you enroll in forbearance, interest accrues and you pay it all back at once. If you defer, inter…
Laura Grace Tarpley
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How an unrelated Supreme Court decision could jeopardize Biden's new student-loan forgiveness plan before it even goes into effect
While Biden's new student-loan forgiveness plan isn't set to go into effect until the fall, a separ…
Ayelet Sheffey
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I was drowning in student-loan debt as a single mother. But this year, I turned 53 and my $200,000 loans were forgiven.
She couldn't afford her student-loan payments because she was raising five kids on her own. But her…
Kristina Puga
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Home loan tax deductions: Self-occupied vs rented, the differences
Buying a home is undoubtedly one of the biggest financial commitments in one’s life. And since it i…
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Why Biden's plan to make monthly student-loan payments cheaper could end up sticking borrowers with the same repayment struggles they've had for decades
Biden introduced a new plan to lower student-loan borrowers' monthly payments, but one expert worri…