Mortgage origination volume continued its surge during the third quarter of 2005, putting the market on pace to near the $3 trillion mark for the first time since 2003 and record its second best production year ever. Based on a broad survey of mortgage originators, Inside Mortgage Finance estimates that $865.0 billion of home loans were produced during the third quarter of 2005. That is the highest quarterly volume since the third quarter of 2003,… [Three data tables included]