He asked why are the prices suddenly higher, not how to lower them.
Ahyway, I don't know.
The second one I do know. It is truth that you cannot join another house. You can however, force yourself to join another Great House by typing this in the console (you would replace Faction_Name with the name of the house you want to join):
PCJoinFaction "Faction_Name"
Check
this FAQ.
[ 04-04-2003, 02:15 PM: Message edited by: Vedran ]