Quote Originally Posted by Lexia View Post
The only way houses can be bought up on only seconds after they reclaimed is the person is either camping the wards or have inside knowledge. When I found my house it was a reclaim and lot just sitting there empty even had enough time for a friend to come loan me some gil cause I was short. Because as far as I know the reclaim timer was not reset it was just paused so pretty much a house could get reclaimed at any time.
This is true. The lodestone post even warned players to enter their house before the maintenance because it was a possibility their house could have been reclaimed while maintenance was happening.

Just have to keep checking and get lucky and snag a reclaimed house. Hundreds of people will be doing the same.