The bar chart below shows the number of houses built per year in two cities, Derby and Nottingham, Between 2000 and 2009

The diagram illustrates how many

houses

were constructed per year in two different cities: Derby and Nottingham over a nearly 10-year period, starting in 2000.

Overall

, it is immediately observed that both cities saw an upward trend in the

number

of

houses

built.

Additionally

, at the beginning of the period, more

houses

were built in Derby than in Nottingham,

while

by the end, the opposite shown is true. On the one hand, from 2000 to 2001, the

number

of newly built homes in Derby was around 50.

This

figure rose steadily to about 125 homes in the next 3 years,

then

remained unchanged till 2007.

Then

after that, the

number

of

houses

built significantly increased in 2008 and 2009, accounting for 275

houses

and 350

houses

respectively.

On the other hand

, Nottingham City followed a rather different pattern. Between 2000 and 20005, the

number

of new homes fluctuated around 50

houses

before dropping to almost 0 in 2006. A remarkable increase of about approximately 200 in 2007.

This

figure have come to 0 once in 2008;

however

, it was an incredible increase to 250 new

houses

built in 2009.