Baltimore-area home sales, prices continue to rise...

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The Baltimore-area housing market is still on a roll. The median sales price of a home in the Baltimore rose 4.8 percent to $262,000 in May, reaching the highest figure for the month since 2008, according to data released Friday by ShowingTime RBI based on listing activity from MRIS. At the same time, home sales increased 15.1 percent year-over-year to 3,715 in May, the 22nd consecutive month of an increase in the Baltimore area and the best for the month of May in a decade. Single-family detached…