To Any DEV Reading This.....

[Dustytome]

https://www.mmorpgitalia.it/threads/...oshida.380598/

Google translation:

Hanna: Will it be possible to have a residential area in Ishgard?

Yoshida: There was a time when we tried to make one for Ishgard, but with the adventure moving toward the Othard continent, we decided to put the new housing area in Shirogane, in Hingashi. Of course, we can not say that housing will not be added to Ishgard in the future, but it will probably go for long. It would be nice though if Ishgard's time became a bit warmer ... (laughs)

Also: http://twinfinite.net/2017/03/ffxiv-...ing-shirogane/

All of our resources are focusing on Shirogane right now.” said Yoshida when asked about whether or not players should ever expect residential housing in Ishgard. However he continued: “But that being said, after we have established Shirogane’s housing wards, we feel that possibility wise, rather than Ala Mihgo, maybe Ishgard might be a higher consideration point. We’re hoping by then Ishgard won’t be as frigid and cold.”

So as Tusubaki said, we've basically been given that it's always a possibility (just like nearly anything is a possibility) but no concrete plans for anywhere in the near future. I really think the snow was a big hold up for them, either because they didn't think people would want a snowy area one might perceive as bland or all the furniture based on warm climate yards simply look completely out of place with everything else coated in snow.