Allot of people seemed to of missed this:

[Darki]

Before anyone else makes "housing rage thread #348,384,928,032" might want to read what Yoshi-P himself posted about an hour ago:

Regarding Housing Plot Availability in Patch 2.38 and Beyond Hello, everyone. Producer and Director Yoshida here.

First of all, let me thank you all for your continued feedback.

As stated in the patch notes for Patch 2.38, the plots of land available for purchase in the housing areas will be the same for both Free Company and individual buyers. The introduction of housing plots in the future will also follow this structure.

However, we were only able to introduce two new wards at the release of personal housing. We know that this is a very small number of additional wards, and are aware that this means that a large number of players will be unable to purchase land. Please accept our sincerest apologies for being unable to add a large number of new housing plots.

The development team has been making the most of limited server resources to develop a new system that will allow us to add as many new housing plots as possible, but as we need to perform extensive optimization and debugging operations, we will not be able to implement this until Patch 2.4.

Some of you may be thinking it would have been better to simply wait until the release of Patch 2.4 instead of adding just a couple of housing wards, but please understand that we would like to do our utmost to ensure that new land is opened up as soon as possible, even if that means adding only a small number.

In the future, we plan to be able to double the total land for all existing housing wards, including the two new wards, in Patch 2.4 with the system changes that we are currently working on.
(Basically, the number of wards available now will be doubled in Patch 2.4).

With our current schedule for stability checks, it’s going to be difficult to add this in time for the release of Patch 2.4, but both the server and housing teams are working as hard as they can to make it possible. Once again, I’d like to share my sincerest apologies to all our players who have been unable to purchase land in the latest patch. Please hold on for another month or so until the release of Patch 2.4.

I will be sure to give you another update on additional housing land before the release of Patch 2.4.

Source: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...52#post2435852

So please enough with the ragging over houses. My FC owns a smalls house and we have all been waiting patently for the opportunity to buy a large house for more gardens. We all agree that we can wait a little longer. Doubling the number of wards from what it is now is going to be awesome.

EDIT: This is completely my fault. I overlooked a piece of fine print in the patch notes just below the housing prices: "* Plots will sell for the same price to both free company and individual buyers." This is a direct contradiction to a statement made by Yoshi-P at an earlier date. I would post the quote but about 1,000 other people beet me to it. Still, please be civil. Be vocal, but civil.

[Prototype909]

They withheld this info until the night before because they were too afraid to release such an important and embarrassing statement ahead of time, they don't get any sympathy from me over the rage threads.

[EllPii]

Just let them cry, it'll be over in a week.

[Ashkendor]

I'd missed this. Thank you for linking to it. ^^

Hopefully the forums stop rioting now...

[Airikay]

I think the main issue is being lied to not the price or the availability.

[Niqote]

No body cares that there is only X land because they can't afford it anyway.

They care because they expected a separate housing arrangement from a FC who can pool resources together.

Personal Housing

While I cannot give a specific date on when personal housing will be implemented, I can say that prices will be completely separate from free company housing, and, naturally, far more affordable.

Expecting person A to have 5m -30m - 70m when a FC of 50+ people barely scrape it together is dissapointing

[Sessurea]

Thanks for this I feel a bit better xD. Me and my tiny fc of 5 ppl are crafting our way towards a large house, and while we wont have it for 2moro, it's nice to know we got it for sure at 2.4 xD

[Gaddes]

Doubling the wards does absolutely nothing for me.

[TheCurls]

I don't think it's the limited space people are complaining about so much as the 87 million gil price tag.

[Duelle]

I guess I'll help keep this on the first page so that everyone gets to read it and we can get back to talking about more important things. Well, okay most of the stuff that appears on general isn't exactly important, but still.