I came to post about this. I can't say I'm a fan. My friend and I both own a house but it's not in the area we want. We had planned on relocating to be next to each other in shirogane and the odds of us winning a house next to each other are insane now.

I can understand why they wanted to do it this way but here's hoping they leave a ward or two first come first serve so we can realize our dream.