The rent for​ 2-bedroom apartments in Detroit has fallen from an average of​ $796 in September 2014 to​ $717 in March 2015. Demand for​ 2-bedroom apartments in Detroit was falling during this period as well. This is hard to explain because the law of demand says that lower prices should lead to higher demand. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.

Disagree

Explanation:

The decrease in the demand for the apartments caused the decrease in the rent price, not vice versa. When the quantity demanded of a product decreases, the equilibrium price will also decrease.

This situation was probably the result of a leftward shift in the demand curve which resulted in a decrease of both the quantity demanded and the rental price. In my opinion, this shift was probably due to a decrease in the income of people demanding rental apartments. Detroit's largest industry is the car industry, and American car manufacturers are not doing very well lately.