how many houses are they adding?

[MomomiMomi]

It would confuse me if they raised housing prices. Why would they do that? You'd just have the same issue with the richer players buying out houses again just to sell them on, whilst the players that have managed to save up just enough for a house (me included) are priced out yet again.

My guess is they'll reduce prices, to allow more people to have a shot at housing.

How are the rich going to sell them to you if they're already too expensive for you to buy?

As long as they buy them they can sit on the empty house for as long as it takes to sell it to someone once they have the even higher amount of gil that will be required by the reseller.

As long as houses are prohibitively expensive, there will be empty houses. Why buy from a reseller when you can just buy one of the empty ones? And don't forget you need to pay twice. Not only does the reseller have to sell higher than they bought it for, but the buyer has to pay that amount twice. If it's so expensive that people can't afford it, good luck with that.