Suggestions: Housing wait list
Returned player here! I hadn't managed to get housing since I first played but it seems like the situation is still the same, even with the new apartments. It would be nice to have some sort of waiting list to give people at least some form of a chance to buy a place because I do feel like I'm missing out a bit.
Currently, the most viable way right now is to pay people to relinquish their houses and hope that no one else takes the plot before you do. Kinda risky and also requires quite a bit of gil and trust.
EDIT: Yes, obviously having more houses fixes the problem, but if the housing situation isn't going to change much, I'd rather have a waiting list than nothing at all.