Abstract
Many Akiya Banks have established in order to increase the number of immigrants and to activate rural communities but most of them have not achieved the original purposes. In this research, we analyzed the preference of vacant house owners and potential immigrants whether they want to sell/buy houses, or lend/rent ones. Those who wish to immigrate to rural area were found to prefer lease than purchase and sale. Many potential immigrants to rural area prefer to lend vacant houses. However, the general vacant house owners do not prefer to lend their houses but to sell them, especially those who want to tear down their old hoses and those who have old houses in need of repair with large scale eager to sell them. On the other hand, those who have intention to stay there in future or obsession about their houses prefer to lend them. On the basis of this new knowledge, we have proposed some measures to increase the number of vacant houses registered to Akiya Bank.
