The line graph illustrates the number of single-family houses built in the United States in four areas, namely Northeast, Midwest, South, and West between 2006 and 2012. The number of private houses changed over the years.
Overall, the dates of each region show that the number of family homes decreased at similar rates during the six-year period.
The number of single-family homes built in the South was 900,000 in 2006. The number of houses started to decrease sharply until it reached 450 000 in 2008. In addition, the number of homes kept declining to the bottom until 2010, after then began to increase between 2010 to 2012.
The number of family houses in other three areas, on the other hand, dropped steadily at similar rates from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, all three regions achieved about 100 000 houses for each family. After that, between 2010 and 2012, the number of houses in the West grew gradually from 100 000 to 150 000, in the Midwest region remained unchanged, while the number of homes in the Northeast decreased slightly to 50 000.