To quote the T-shirt: Save the drama for your mama.

Pittsburgh's housing market continues to avoid the nationwide housing drama with steady-but-not-exciting growth, according to two agencies that track local real estate data.

West Penn Multi-List, which tallies transactions in which area Realtors have played a part, said the average price for homes sold in Allegheny County in July was $169,383, up a respectable 6.3 percent from last July's $159,364. There were 1,432 Realtor-assisted closings last month, compared with 1,416 a year ago.

West Penn also includes Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette and Westmoreland counties in its tabulations. For the six-county area, the average sales price was $164,719, up from $157,780 last year, and the total of closed sales was 2,570, compared with 2,546 last July.

RealSTATs, which includes non-Realtor transactions in its data, said the average price of a home sold in Allegheny County last month was $164,140, compared with $154,391 last year, an increase of (take a guess) -- 6.3 percent. The firm said the total number of transactions was down slightly, to 1,972 from 1,988.

Beyond Allegheny County, RealSTATs covers Beaver, Butler, Washington and Westmoreland counties. The average sales price in the five counties last month was $160,886, compared with $158,204 a year ago. Total area sales also dropped slightly, to 3,203 from 3,237.