noun
vacant house; unoccupied house
Refers to a house that is currently empty, often due to the owner moving out or the property being abandoned. Commonly used in discussions of housing issues, real estate, and urban planning.
この地域には空き家が増えている。
The number of vacant houses is increasing in this area.
空き家をリフォームして賃貸に出した。
We renovated the vacant house and put it up for rent.
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form.
Rarely used kanji form; 屋 can imply a shop or building, but here it is an uncommon variant for 'house'.
Compound of 空き (aki, 'empty, vacant') + 家 (ya, 'house'). The reading や for 家 is a common suffix in words for buildings.