all I can say to people is if they want a house go make some gil so you can purchase a lot and remember the expense doesn't stop there you have to fabricate the furniture you want and decorations --and if you want one of the special houses you have to make it in your fc workshop. so owner ship is a lot of work.. it is my belief that if a person buys a house then they should be required to improve it. Buying a lot and leaving it empty just so you can resell it later is not right. I know of several people that are doing just that. They are buying lots with alts leaving them bare (just an empty house on the lot) so they can sell the lot at a ridiculous price later on. Also, if the developers just rubber stamp the existing housing in the 3 original areas like they did before and rotate two more times they can add another 60 houses per area giving another 180 houses available. and as far as prices go I think the existing prices are more than reasonable.