My fellow Eorzeans, this is NOT a solution. It is a suggestion on improving current system at minimum dev time - or as low as I can think
  • Take a system already in the game to use for housing sales: Jumbo Housing Cacpot.
  • Every week houses available are put on the new cacpot.
  • "Tickets" are sold @ the minimum house plot price available by housing state.
  • Number of houses avaliable = Numer of tickets selected
  • After the results, you have 48h to select the house and claim your ticket
  • Ticket order matters. 1st ticket get first selection, and so on and so forth
  • Didn't get selected. You have 7 days to reclaim your money.

Like I said, not a solution, not even close. But that's gotta be better than 18h click-a-rama to find out you are 3 seconds too late. Or, if you happen to be in the bathroom when it opens, well, too bad. You should have brought your adult diapers

Solutions, there are plenty around. Some better, some worst but I don't think we'll see any major changes. Specially with SBs around, world visit system, major battle system rework, Trusts, etc.. The only thing I expect is a ward addition, that is a palliative at best.

on a personal thought, They should have waited the end of free transfer to resume house demolition. This was going for 6 months now, two weeks more would not have made a difference