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should I pay off my student loans in full before intrest kicks in? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by giantofthenorth@lemm.ee to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml

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General financials:

I can afford to pay them off in full and have plenty left over for general life needs

The interest rates on them should be 4.53% according to their chart of when it was awarded.

If I do hold onto the money and pay off monthly I can put everything into a CD but I'll still be losing .03% if I lock in the student loan money maybe I'll beat but .07-.43% so not a ton of upside unless there's sudden political will to actually follow through on student loan forgiveness.

Is there anything else I'm missing when considering this? I am leaning towards just pay off as I've been planning for this, but I want to make sure there isn't something else to do.

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[–] Art3sian@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

100% pay it off. Not only are you eliminating all interest, but an unpaid loan sits as a liability on your credit ledger which affects future borrowing.

[–] potpotato@artemis.camp 9 points 1 year ago

Generally, student loans dont impact mortgage lending, but if they need other loans I suppose..