Planning for student loan payments: Top tips

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With student loan payments set to restart in October, many borrowers are confused about their student loans. 27 percent of borrowers say they do not know how to make payments, according to a survey from NerdWallet. NerdWallet Personal Finance Expert Kimberly Palmer and Bipartisan Policy Center Economic Policy Project Director Rachel Snyderman join Yahoo Finance Live to reveal their top tips for getting ahead of student loan payments as part of the weekly series 'Student Loans: Crisis or Crucial?' Due to inflation and other pressures, Palmer revealed that 'people are basically stressed' even before the payments begin. Palmer said, 'It really begins for people with number one, getting a hold on what you owe, logging into studentaid.gov, and just getting a sense of how you will work those payments into your monthly budget.' Snyderman explained, 'The cost of attaining a higher education degree has become unaffordable and unattainable, and so we really do need to look at common sense solutions ... a lot of our work is focused for example on strengthening the value of pell grants, ensuring that states are able to adequately fund their higher educations.'

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Student loan repayment: People are ‘very financially stressed,’ expert saysStudent loan payments are set to restart in October and 57 percent of borrowers say they need to make more money to comfortably afford their monthly payments, according to a survey from NerdWallet. NerdWallet Personal Finance Expert Kimberly Palmer and Bipartisan Policy Center Economic Policy Project Director Rachel Snyderman join Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the impact of student loan repayment on borrowers. Palmer says the survey found borrowers to be under financial pressure and “even confused because we’ve had such a long break.” She states that in the three-and-a-half-year payment pause, Americans spent on essentials like food and housing, and “now suddenly, people have to find a way to start making those payments.” Snyderman calls the student loan crisis “the symptom and not the disease” found in the educational system. “We really do need to look at commonsense solutions… to really put the focus on accessibility and accountability,” Snyderman says, so that students feel like “there is a bang for their buck in making such a tremendous investment.” Click here to watch more of Yahoo Finance's special coverage 'Student Loans: Crisis or Crucial?'
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