Year To Date

This chart and map track recent movements in single-family home sales in Anne Arundel County by ZIP code. The chart lists sales volume and median price for the year to date through May. The map reflects the percentage changes between the year-to-date median price for May 1991 and the year-to-date figure for May 1990.In future weeks, charts and maps will appear for:* Carroll and Howard counties (Aug. 18)* Harford County (Aug. 25)* Baltimore and Baltimore County (Sept. 1)The next metro-wide roundup of sales activity will appear in late September.

USF&G Corp. directors voted yesterday to more than double the amount of common stock the company can repurchase to 11 million shares from 5 million.The Baltimore-based insurer has bought 3.6 million shares since it began purchasing its stock in April.The move reflects USF&G's belief that the once troubled insurer's franchise will increase in value over the next several years, the company said."We believe that USF&G's stock represents a highly attractive investment opportunity for us," said Norman P. Blake Jr., chairman and chief executive of the $14.4 billion-asset property, casualty and life insurance company.

The amount of general cargo passing over state-owned piers in the first eight months of this year declined by 12.6 percent compared with the same period a year ago, the Maryland Port Administration said yesterday.For the month of August, the decline was a more moderate 4.4 percent.Bruce Cashon, the MPA's director of marketing, said the port could take some comfort from the fact that the decline for August was less than that for any other month this year.Vehicles were the brightest spot in the cargo statistics, as the port's private and state terminals combined for an 18.2 percent increase in August.

This chart and map track recent movements in single-family home sales in Anne Arundel County by ZIP code. The chart list sales volume and median price for the year to date through September. The map reflects the percentage changes between the year-to-date median price for September 1991 and the year-to-date median price for September 1990.In future weeks, charts and maps will appear for:* Carroll and Howard counties (Dec. 15);* Harford County (Dec. 22);* and Baltimore and Baltimore County (Jan.

USF&G Corp. directors voted yesterday to more than double the amount of common stock the company can repurchase to 11 million shares from 5 million.The Baltimore-based insurer has bought 3.6 million shares since it began purchasing its stock in April.The move reflects USF&G's belief that the once troubled insurer's franchise will increase in value over the next several years, the company said."We believe that USF&G's stock represents a highly attractive investment opportunity for us," said Norman P. Blake Jr., chairman and chief executive of the $14.4 billion-asset property, casualty and life insurance company.

Where Tina Barrett credits a different attitude and some solid work with her coach as reasons for improvement, responding to adversity is the key theme for Fred Funk and Webb Heintzelman, as Maryland's professional tour members face the remaining weeks of their seasons with renewed optimism.Barrett and Heintzelman were off last week, and Funk was in town for the Ronald McDonald House pro-am, fresh from two weeks off, and headed for the Greater Milwaukee Open. He shot 73-69142 and missed the cut by two strokes.

Where Tina Barrett credits a different attitude and some solid work with her coach as reasons for improvement, responding to adversity is the key theme for Fred Funk and Webb Heintzelman, as Maryland's professional tour members face the remaining weeks of their seasons with renewed optimism.Barrett and Heintzelman were off last week, and Funk was in town for the Ronald McDonald House pro-am, fresh from two weeks off, and headed for the Greater Milwaukee Open. He shot 73-69142 and missed the cut by two strokes.

The amount of general cargo passing over state-owned piers in the first eight months of this year declined by 12.6 percent compared with the same period a year ago, the Maryland Port Administration said yesterday.For the month of August, the decline was a more moderate 4.4 percent.Bruce Cashon, the MPA's director of marketing, said the port could take some comfort from the fact that the decline for August was less than that for any other month this year.Vehicles were the brightest spot in the cargo statistics, as the port's private and state terminals combined for an 18.2 percent increase in August.