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Mortgage rates keep climbing, leading some buyers to riskier loans

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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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