Housing Vendors - NERFED

So I was waiting for a forum thread about this but it never came.

Hasn't anyone noticed the inventory available from the personal housing vendor and resource vendor (one in zone) was drastically reduced? It happened shortly before Christmas. I never saw any patch notes for the change.

They have much less than they used to and it doesn't make much sense. Like you can buy Iron Rings but not Iron Ingots from the personal housing vendor. Maple Sap and all the following combines are gone. etc...

Some kind of official message for the change would be nice. It just doesn't make sense to me.