Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
To be honest, I'd support a rent/property tax type system over boosting purchase prices like some players want. It's more akin to getting a mortgage - make a down payment then pay the rest over time instead of needing a huge amount of gil up front. It also ends up a more effective gil sink because it's taking more gil out of the economy over time than the single upfront purchase fee does.

It's not a disastrous idea. The disaster would only happen if poorly implemented. Still, I don't think it's something SE is going to consider let alone do at this point unless they can't come up with different housing solutions and need to find a way to lower demand for what is already in the game.
That's a terrible idea to me, just make the purchase price higher. But once someone buys a house they should own it unless they reach the demo timer. If someone grinds out gathering or crafting, or whatever they need to do to raise the gil, they shouldn't be able to turn around and lose their house because they can't put a lot of hours into the game for a time or want to play aspects of it that may not provide them much gil.

I spent almost every gil I had on my first house, and then I went and finished the Realm Reborn storyline, and all of the quests to get the HW. I barely had any furniture. Should I have lost my house because I wanted to take a break from grinding out gil and do something else in the game?