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 chart compares the proportion of owned and leased accommodation in England and Wales in the period of 1918 and 2011. It is obvious that the proportion of household

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nearly tripled.

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, the fraction of rental accommodation halved over the century.

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1918, the percentage of rental

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homes

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was about 78%. It was almost three times

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the ratio of owned

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homes

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.

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, the rental gradually

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whereas

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the

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of the house has

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opposite

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pattern. By 1971, the proportion of both

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of accommodation has become equal which is 50%. After that, household

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continued to incline and it reached a peak

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% in 2001. Meanwhile, the rental market consistently declined and bottomed at 31% in the same year. In 2011, the difference between

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and renting was narrowed with respect to 64% and 36%.