As someone who owns multiple houses on one server, I can't say I agree with this OP.

I was pretty lucky to get a small personal house for myself when 4.1 dropped. Here we are, a week later, and in my ENTIRE WARD, I am the only house who has more than 40 items. The ONLY one. Only three other houses had more than ten items total, combining the yard and the house interior. Two of the mansions are entirely empty, the third one has three vendors and a summoning bell.

My house on my main and my house on my alt are both item capped. I worked hard to gather and craft everything in both of those houses. How is it fair to me that I should have to lose one of my houses so that someone else can buy it and then never use it? I use both of my homes every day. I put in the time and work to craft and decorate them. I don't see how people like me are the problem, it seems to me like the people who buy a house and then NEVER use it are the issue.