I took a little vacation from maternity leave to help out with today's home sales story, which charts the market in ZIP codes across the metro area and in Baltimore's neighborhoods.

It is mapalicious.

You can see how last year's average prices changed compared with 2007 by ZIP code and also compared with 2005. Why 2005? Because that was the peak of the buying boom. Prices continued to rise for a while after that point, but now they're below 2005 levels in a number of places. City neighborhood price changes vs. 2007 and 2005 are here.

Graphics whiz Christine Fellenz also put together maps showing the change in the number of homes sold by ZIP code — vs. 2007 here, and vs. 2005 here.

If you still want more after all that, you can play with our searchable database of ZIP code home-sale stats, courtesy of programming guru Annie Frank. Or for more detail about home sales in city neighborhoods, download this Excel file.

And there's a video here of a homeowner talking about trying to sell.

As always, what happened on average in one community or neighborhood won't necessarily match up with your individual experience. Got a story to tell? Comment away.