The Department of Veterans Affairs saw its mortgage originations jump from $40.58 billion in 2008 to $74.04 billion in 2009, the largest total on record and a year-over-year increase of 82.4 percent, the largest ever. VA originations fell to $16.40 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009, the lowest quarterly total since the first quarter of the year, but that mirrored the overall drop-off in mortgage...