OP, if you're in Zalera, that means you're in the Crystal datacenter which has hundreds of available houses just on Goblin. Honestly, I remember when Zalera had housing plots and it was a preferred server, it's very likely houses will get demolished there as people move or become inactive. If you don't want to wait on placards you can try server transferring, and if you really don't want to do that then you just have to wait. Who knows what they will announce regarding housing this expansion? Maybe there will be more info within the next month. If you do move servers you can still party up and quest in Zalera you know, just use world visit system. I was on Goblin on one of my toons and the houses right at the beach by the Mist were all devalued and there were empty plots in every ward. There was even a medium in Shirogane that popped up while I was there. I never saw any of my neighbors though before I moved that alt toon to Primal datacenter. Aether and Primal both have very few plots that pop up and tons of people camping placards. At least Crystal has some servers with housing available. You're already in that datacenter, so you at least have options, just let your friends know so they can add you again.