Mortgage rates keep climbing, leading some buyers to riskier loans

Rising mortgage rates are creating an affordability crisis, leading some homebuyers to choose riskier loan options.
Mortgage rates had fallen below 6% at the end of February but began to climb after the United States and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.
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