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

The given bar graph elucidated the quantity of houses erected in the cities of Derby and Nottingham between the year 2000 and 2009.
Looking at the overall perspective, it is readily apparent that the figure of Derby followed the progressive trend, while Nottingham had some fluctuations in the given period.

Having a glimpse at the illustration reveals that in the former year Derby had approximately 35 houses compared to 50 in Nottingham. The figure for Derby remained generally steady from the year 2003 to 2007 at 100. The number of houses in Nottingham started to go up from the year 2003 to 2005 by 25 to more than 60. The growth of houses in Derby was at the line in the year 2006.
Shifting to the remaining data, the number of houses in Nottingham grew consistently and reached 180 before a catastrophic drop in the year 2008. In the later year, houses in Nottingham was just less than 100 house from Derby.