In my opinion, Yoshida has made a wrong decision here. The reason is simple - the current housing system can only accommodate less than 5% of player base even they double the wards in 2.4. (720 plots / active players on server).

I do like the current housing system vs instanced housing system. To be honest, I have no interest on instanced housing. I personally formed a FC and bought a medium house before 2.35.

In the latest Producer Live Q&A, Yoshida mentioned about software based solution to increase the number of wards. I believe it will be the way to go. When 2.4 is released, there will be much more wards available (not just doubled). So save enough gil and buy your dream when it is available in a month.