Student Loan Payments Set to Resume in January

How do you feel about the proposals to pay off 10K or more of student loan debt?

Bad news for millions of student loan borrowers in the United States: Your temporary financial break is coming to an end. After putting loan payments on hold in March because of the pandemic, lenders are preparing to resume accepting payments on student loans in January.

That means an estimated 37 million U.S. citizens will have to start making monthly payments again. The good news is borrowers won't have to make up the interest payments they missed over the past nine months.

In addition to pausing monthly payments, the Department of Education also stopped interest from accruing during the down time and stopped collecting on defaulted federal loans. Interest will begin accruing again in January, says Betsy Mayotte, president and founder of the Institute of Student Loan Advisors.

With all the talk of paying off some of the student loan debt, what do you think? Those that already paid off their loans should be angry. Decisions have consequences. Sorry about your buyers remorse. I have a mortgage and the cost of raising two children. Wanna help me pay that off?

What needs to be looked at is the unreal escalating cost of higher education.