Here's the thing; the current implementation makes it COMPLETELY impossible for people to coordinate houses, let alone get plots they actually want. Gil exists, and for people willing to actually USE their tradeskills to interact with the game economy, is there really anything so diabolical about the idea that "I spent a bunch of time selling crafted gear, so I could buy a cool plot next to my dad?".

Now I fully agree, there is a housing shortage. I would like to see more Wards opened up, whenever possible, it's a Win-Win for everybody. But without a means of being able to *trade* Plots, it creates a really unsatisfying barrier where I basically have to hope that people quit the game, just to have a SHOT at buying a Plot I like. By allowing players to trade, there are no fewer Plots on the market, simply that they are able to change ownership.

The fact is, in-game houses are a commodity. They're a thing that players want, and spend gil on. The fact that we *cannot* trade in any capacity is only more frustrating, because it removed ANY sort of agency on the players' part.

Truth be told, I would think people able to buy houses from other players would make the market more accessible to players who DON'T already own a house. Although a lottery system is certainly an improvement, too (I just don't see the need to make them mutually exclusive).

As far as the idea of having a timer... that's honestly not something I've considered, and has some merit. I think requiring the person to OWN a house for six months seems a little excessive, but there's potential for the idea all the same. Maybe owning the house for 1 full month, and you can only "trade" a plot once every 3-6 months? Or heck, maybe even have it as part of some kind of "petition" system, where a GM reviews each request, and can reject if they suspect any funny business?

As long as there's a solid enough gil-sink/tax, it should ensure that OVER TIME, the costs get lower and lower. Even if trading two properties required a minimum amount of cost, and took a percentage for anything traded beyond that, it might be an expensive endeavor, but at least it would make it POSSIBLE.