Quote Originally Posted by Almagnus1 View Post
Right now, we only have conjecture that it's one way or the other. AFAIK, there is no data tracking what's going on with the relocations, and better understanding what the overall housing trends are (for example, data showing that people tend to buy houses in Lavender beds or Goblet, and then relocate into Shirogane or Mist) would help us understand what the player base is doing, so guidelines like "if you want to avoid frustration with this system, it's best to spend your time buying a house here, and then after you have a house, relo into here" can be made based on the data.

But... without the data... all we can do is navel gaze and theorize about what may be best. It's no different than a bunch of raiders discussing skills for a savage fight without having a DPS parser, and concluding that skill X should never be used because it doesn't do anything... when the reality is that skill X is a really impactful skill, but not a flashy one.
The only entity to possibly have access to such data is SE. (That is assuming they log relocations, rather than simply performing a check at time of purchase). Otherwise you are basically relying on perceptions of house-hunters.

You might get a feeling on which plots tend up open up more, or seemingly stay the full duration of its timer, but those are trends, and not a guaranteed. Because relocators could prefer a plot over another for all sorts of reasons, including simply being in same ward with friends.

In the end it still all depend on your luck.