Band 6+: The bar graph below shows the number of new houses constructed in a certain city from between 1999 and 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the number of new houses – detached houses, semi-detached houses, terrace houses, and flats in a certain city between 1999 and 2002.

Overall, detached houses were the most commonly built type of housing throughout the period, while terrace houses were the lowest of construction. The number of new houses for detached houses and terrace houses were an increase trend, whereas that for semi-detached houses and flats drop over time.

The average number of detached houses were over 1700 in the own period, which started at 1700 in 1999 and peaked at 2200 in 2002. In contrast, the number of terrace houses remained a low level even if it has a growth, with rose slightly from 1000 in 1999 to 1300 by 2002.

On the other hand, the second popular type of house was semi-detached houses, but the number of constructions dropped from 1700 in 1999 to approximately 1000 by 2002. Similarly, the number of flat also had a decrease, beginning at 15500 in 1999 then declined to 900 by 2002.