Online originations are slowly becoming respectable. It helps that borrowers are making the Internet an integral element in making mortgage decisions. Online volumes rose 8.5 percent in 2005 from 2004, according to a new analysis by Inside Mortgage Technology (see charts page 2-3). About 16 percent of borrowers research their mortgages online, according to JupiterResearch, while 8 percent actually request an Internet mortgage quote. The problem is that only about 3 percent of Web shoppers… [Two data tables included]