"First Come First Served" Plots

[Jojoya]

When the new wards are released for Ishgard, the servers will go down for maintenance for 24 hours, that is long enough so that when the servers come online all first come first serve plots will have run out of hidden timer, making them purchasable immediately.
As of right now it is speculated that of the 26 wards released, 19 will be FC only, 5 will be lottery only and 2 will be FCFS

That's some pretty wild speculation people are spreading considering past housing additions and how many plots remained unsold when personal purchase moratoriums were in effect. As many complaints as there are about how difficult it is for FCs to get a house, the demand just is not there to devote most of a new housing district to FC houses only.

Also, when did SE announce there would be 26 wards instead of the 24 wards announced at the last Live Letter? Google isn't coming up with any new announcements regarding additional wards when I try searching.