Giving away house

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

I do think they should embrace the idea of selling houses instead of banning it. I think the main issue people have with selling is, under current practice you essentially have to pay twice as much in order to actually acquire the property.

This is because the seller wants to make back the money they originally paid and maybe make a little profit, so they charge full price just to relinquish the land. Unfortunately for the buyer, they then also have to pay to purchase the plot, resulting in paying double the cost. So there is this perception that sellers are overcharging for housing but this is not the fault of the seller however.

If SE developed a system by which players can receive the gil paid from purchasing land, instead of paying the gil to what is essentially an NPC, I think you'd find players becoming less hostile about house selling. They could really make an interesting arm of the economy if you can directly transfer ownership of the entire house including all it's contents. For entrepreneurial players, this would open the door to "house flipping" for profit, that I think a lot of players would actually enjoy.