Real Estate Agent: Next year, <b> the occupancy rate for residential rental properties in Riverton will increase despite projections of decreasing population in the city. </b> Generally, when a city's population decreases
does the occupancy rate for residential rental properties. However, <b> in the continuing climate of increasing interest rates on home mortgages, an unusually large number of Riverton residents who would typically buy homes will opt to rent instead. </b>
The first is a consideration that weighs against the agent's prediction; the second is that prediction.