You guys should transfer over to some of the smaller servers where there's still plenty of availability and the housing is cheaper! I logged on in Coeurl right when patch was up and bought my house, the ward was still nearly empty an hour or so later. It is really unfortunate that those in large servers are unable to afford housing, but I suppose that goes with the territory of playing on a large server. SE does have a problem with server imbalance, and this might be a way for them to combat it. If housing is really important to you (and you FC, friends, etc), it may be worth considering a transfer.

That being said, I would gladly trade my house for a party finder that isn't abysmal like it is on my server.