In some countries, some people are renting accommodation, while others are buying their own homes. Does renting accommodation have more advantages or more disadvantages than buying a place?

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The graph provided reveals about how many
people households
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people, households
in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Overall, what stand out from the graph is that were
considerable
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considerably
raised and dropped both of the rented and owned households the years from 1918 to 2011.The was a year that were the same percentage and it was 1971 which 50%. Looking at the details, as regards households in
owned
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owning
accommodation made up 23% of households in 1918.Having remained stable at approximately more than a
third
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percentage of households from 1939 to 1953.Households
then
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rose considerably between 40% and 68% of households
until
Suggestion
by
to
1991.The figure reached a peak to just under 60% of households in 2001.After that, despite falling slowly to just under 60% of households in 2011.
By contrast
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the households in rented accommodation
lewelled
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
leveled
levelled
lulled
off to just under 80% of households in 1918.Having remained steady at approximately to 68% of households between 1939 and 1953.
Then
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the figure fell down dramatically from 59% to 31% households until 2001.
Then
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there was
slight increase
Suggestion
a slight increase
to 35% of households in 2011.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • affordability
  • flexibility
  • maintenance
  • financial commitment
  • investment
  • stability
  • sense of ownership
  • property value
  • mortgage
  • rental agreement
  • tenancy
  • security deposit
  • real estate market
  • housing market
  • housing loan
  • homeownership
  • residential property
  • landlord
  • tenant
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