Slowing home prices and rising interest rates appear to have finally caught up with the subprime market as volume dropped sharply early in the year, a new Inside B&C Lending analysis suggests. Inside B&C Lending estimates that $155 billion in new subprime loans were originated during the first three months of 2006. While that marked a solid 11.5 percent rise from the same period in 2005, volume was down by a steep 13.8 percent… [Two data tables included]