This chart and map track recent movements in single-family home sales in Baltimore and Baltimore County by ZIP code. The chart lists sales volume and median price for January, 1992, the most recent month available, and compares those figures to 1991 statistics.

In future weeks, charts and maps will appear for Anne Arundel XTC County; Harford County and, Howard and Carroll counties.

At the end of June, a metro-wide roundup of sales trends for the first quarter of 1992 will appear.

These figures show general residential real estate price trends, and should not be misconstrued to show the relative increase or decrease in value of any particular property.

At any time, there may be more sales in certain market niches -- starter homes, for example -- and this may distort the median price.

G; The information is provided by Rufus S. Lusk & Son Inc.