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US Mortgage Rates Rise to 7.08%, Near Highest Level Since 2002

    

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Mortgage rates in the US jumped back above 7%.

The average for a 30-year, fixed loan rose to 7.08% from 6.95% last week, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. Rates have been hovering around the highest levels in two decades.