The chart below shows the percentage of households in owned and rented accommodation in England and Wales between 1918 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph illustrates the proportion of England and Wales citizens who owned or rented settlements between 1918 and 2011.

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, it can be clearly seen that people living in the United Kingdom changed their behaviour from renting homes to buying real estate over a period of approximately one century.

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the graph, in 1918, more than 75% of families did not buy accommodations,

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UK individuals decided to buy their places only 22% as the lowest point in the given period. The figure accounted for a significant decrease in leasing their houses from 78% approximately in 1918 to 30% in 2001. It was followed by a slight increase

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5% approximately in 2011.

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, the percentage of UK people rose considerably from over 20% to almost 70% between 1918 and 2001. There was a gentle decline in 2011, about 5% from 2001 to 2011.

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, both holding their properties and rental accommodations stabilised for 15 years between 1939 and 1953, with below 70% and above 30%, respectively.