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  A set of map demonstrates the outline of Langley city in the years 1910 and 1950.   In 1910, Langley city had residential and industrial features at the same place, however, after 4 decades the industries vanished from the citified area. In the year of 1910 a railway line located in the southern area, by 1950 it had been removed. Additionally, the townhouses on the east side of Jourdan Street were replaced by flats by 1950 in Langley city.   Furthermore, a spacious park and children's play area was introduced by the demolition of railway workers cottages and houses located on Jordan and Sherman Street. To the right side of Sherman park, some new stores were built on the aptly named New Lane, replacing the small store of 1910, and the cafe and laundry were relocated. Overall, there were a number of notable changes to the buildings and amenities of this area.

  The bar graph demonstrates the mean value of houses in the city over the time frame of the last six months of 2005. Overall, the median house prices had fluctuated. The price of a new house dropped, while the reverse trend was observed in the price of old homes. At the beginning of July-05, the average market price of a new build house was around 335 thousand dollars, which was $35 grand more than the value of an owned house. From July 2005 to September 2005, the average price on the market was fall to $320 grand. Whereas, the valuation of the sold houses was slightly gain in August and the fall by around $10500.   There was a significant hike seen in the price of the new house to around $330000, whereas the value of old houses remains constant for the next month. In the last two months of 2005, the median of the new house price was dropped steadily from $330000  to $320000. While the average prices of old houses rose dramatically to about $380000.