The given bar chart compares the houses built per year between 2000 and 2009 in Derby and Nottingham. Overall, the number of houses built in Derby seemed to keep rising as opposed to that in Nottingham which had fluctuated in the given decade. To start with, in Derby 2000 to 2001, the number of residences remained stable at around 49 before improving to about 56 in 2002, and around 120 in 2003. After a rise in 2003, the number of residences stayed steadily for four years until an increase in 2008. As for 2008, the accommodation records improved to 280, and reached the peak at almost 350 in 2009. Moving onto Nottingham, the figures started in the given decade at 50 houses, and slightly increased in 2001. However, the number of accommodation fell in 2002 to less than 25 before steadily improving in 2003 to 2005. Interestingly, in 2006, the figure dived to almost 0 before skyrocketing to almost 200 in the following year, reaching its peak again in 2009, at 250 houses built.