While housing prices in the Baltimore area continue to rise, according to data compiled by Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, the number of homes sold in the area in July dipped by 23 percent from last year.

And the average number of days a house stays on the market before it is sold increased by 20 days, from 35 days in July 2005 to 55 days in July 2006.

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