The Alt A mortgage market cooled a bit in the early part of 2006, with quarterly volume dropping from the record levels reached at the end of 2005, a new Inside Alternative Mortgages analysis and ranking reveals. Overall, $95 billion in new Alt A loans – or loans to borrowers with good credit profiles who don’t qualify for, or don’t want, conventional mortgages because of documentation or other issues – were originated during the… [One data table included]