Only three states saw worse numbers: Nevada, Florida and Arizona, often singled out as states particularly hard-hit by the bust. California, another state that tends to make the list, did slightly better than Maryland at fifth worst. (These are seasonally adjusted annualized numbers, in case you were wondering.)

The Realtors also released price data for the metro areas today. Single-family houses that sold in the Baltimore area in the summer had contract prices slightly above those sold a year earlier, up 1.7 percent. That ranked it 70th out of the 93 metro areas with reported price gains.

Just over 50 metro areas saw price drops. The biggest, at just over 12 percent, came in Palm Bay, Fla.

One reader asked about Cumberland, which was seeing big gains earlier in the year. (I wrote a story about it.) It's still fairly high up on the price-gain rankings, but it has dropped to No. 19, with a gain of about 7 percent. Bismarck, N.D. is tops at 15 percent.