I agree with the overwhelming sentiment of "housing is broken" but I don't think relocation is even part of the issue.

I relocated today. I wanted to wait a while to give any FCs that wanted to purchase a house in the new wards a chance to do so and I feel like I've done that at this point. My boyfriend and I have saved up our gil since 4.1 released and today we upgraded to a medium from our small.

I certainly think it would have been okay if they'd blocked out the first 24 hours or so to FC-only purchases and then began allowing relications but I also don't think the way things were handled this time around was bad. Other than the core flaws in the system (the limited numbers of houses being key among them) I wouldn't change anything about how these new wards were implimented.

Frankly I think I did deserve an advantage as someone relocating because when I relocate there is another house being added to the market where as when someone buys their first plot it's just taking from the already limited supply. I do wish there was no timer on the plot being relocated from - those should at least be up for grabs to FCs immediately.