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Mortgage rates have bounced around the past two weeks, with brokers in Orange County quoting rates Thursday in the range of 5 percent to 5.6 percent. Jeff Lazerson, head of online brokerage Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel, said the lowest rates on a 30-year fixed-rate loan were 5.125 percent and 4.875 percent with a one-point fee. Paul Scheper, vice president of Trust One Mortgage, said he saw…