Based on mortgage production figures reported by the five largest banks with substantial involvement in the residential home loan market, third-quarter originations likely rose about 10 percent from the previous period. Five bank mortgage lenders – Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, U.S. Bank and Citigroup – reported a combined $135.5 billion in home loan production during the third quarter. That was up a respectable 9.0 percent from the second quarter. But during the second quarter, their combined production jumped 30.0 percent from the first three months of the year. However, the five major banks have...[Includes one data table]