Personal Finance Daily: Did the extra $600 unemployment benefit stop people from job hunting and how home ownership rates have jumped to their highest level since 2008

My boyfriend is buying a house and does not want me to have equity. I’m moving in with him and selling my home — what should I do with the proceeds?

‘I don’t want to help pay the mortgage if I’m not receiving equity. I’m more than happy to pay for other things.’

I told my unemployed tenant about jobs. He said they don’t pay enough, and sits at home smoking weed. Now he wants a discount. What do I do?

‘Part of me doesn’t want to give him a discount since I work so hard and long hours, and he just hangs around being picky about work. Is that wrong of me?’

Republicans want to replace extra $600 unemployment benefit with 70% replacement wages — here’s why that could take months to implement

‘So many people receiving unemployment benefits are self-employed or are gig workers.’

Echoing Trump’s position, Fauci tells MarketWatch: ‘We should try as best as we possibly can to open up the schools’

The veteran epidemiologist reveals his one big lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic — and why he won’t fly or eat out.

The homeownership rate jumps to the highest level since 2008 — but looks could be deceiving

Many Americans have rushed to buy homes in recent months in order to take advantage of record-low mortgage rates, but other factors may explain the sudden surge in homeownership.

I told my family I boycott Chick-fil-A over its support of anti-LGBTQ causes — now they ‘like’ it on Facebook and go there for lunch

‘At best, the company’s stance is irrelevant to these particular siblings. At worst, these positions are a key reason for their support.’

Should I tell my sister that her husband, a notorious spender, has a secret credit card?

‘My niece told me that her dad, my brother-in-law, has a secret credit card that my sister doesn’t know about.’

After pausing indoor dining, California records over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases. Fauci says it’s more dangerous than outdoors — here’s why

‘We’re moving back into a modification mode of our original stay-at-home order,” Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said. ‘This continues to be a deadly disease.’

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