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Rebecca Safier

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Personal Finance Writer at Freelance

Freelance personal finance writer + certified student loan counselor. Former senior writer for @LendingTree. Blogging enthusiast / founder of https://t.co/AJsd2cuGP1

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  • 1 week ago | cnet.com | Rebecca Safier |Dana Francisco Miranda

    If you're one of the eight million student loan borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, you may have seen student loan payments as low as $0. With the SAVE plan officially struck down, you might be worried about how much you'll be required to pay in the future.

  • 1 week ago | cnet.com | Rebecca Safier |Dana Francisco Miranda

    The Biden administration's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan offered relief to millions of federal student loan borrowers. Under this income-driven repayment (IDR) plan, around 8 million borrowers would have seen their monthly payments capped at a portion of their income -- with roughly half of these borrowers owing $0 per month. But with SAVE officially struck down, your monthly payments are likely to increase if you're enrolled in the plan.

  • 1 week ago | cnet.com | Rebecca Safier

    It's been a trying year for anyone enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education student loan repayment plan. There's been a barrage of student loan updates in 2025: proposed changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility, an effort to restart collections on defaulted student loan accounts and a new Republican-fronted bill seeking to change existing income-driven repayment plan options.

  • 2 weeks ago | cnet.com | Rebecca Safier |Dana Miranda

    About 8 million federal student loan borrowers had hopes of smaller monthly payments and lower lifetime costs when the Biden administration rolled out the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan in 2023. But with SAVE officially shot down, you may be worried about how your monthly payments could change. Under income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, many borrowers who fell below certain income levels have had their payments lowered to $0 per month since March 2020.

  • 2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Rebecca Safier

    About 8 million federal student loan borrowers had hopes of smaller monthly payments and lower lifetime costs when the Biden administration rolled out the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan in 2023. But with SAVE officially shot down, you may be worried about how your monthly payments could change. Under income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, many borrowers who fell below certain income levels have had their payments lowered to $0 per month since March 2020.

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Rebecca Safier
Rebecca Safier @rebecca_safier
27 Jun 23

Here are steps to gauge how much you owe and make a sound plan—whatever the Supreme Court decides. My latest for @BuySideWSJ https://t.co/lIKynZ2Eow

Rebecca Safier
Rebecca Safier @rebecca_safier
24 Jan 23

RT @USMI_Info: Check out @rebecca_safier @BuySideWSJ article on “What is PMI?” She notes that “you don’t need a 20% down payment to become…

Rebecca Safier
Rebecca Safier @rebecca_safier
17 Oct 22

The student loan forgiveness application is up and running — here's how to apply: https://t.co/2b7DkqXX9t