12 US markets where it seems impossible to find a place to live

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House hunting can be frustrating.

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Trying to find the right neighborhood, number of bedrooms and price can be difficult. This process can be especially difficult if there simply aren't a lot of places available.

According to RealtyTrac, a real estate research firm, there are some cities "running out of room."

There cities are squeezed for supply, and running under the national average of 1.6% of residential properties vacant.

We've combed through RealtyTrac data and identified the 12 housing markets in which less than 0.5% of all properties are empty.

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Nearly half of these markets are in California's red hot housing market, where rents and prices are skyrocketing and supply can't keep up with demand.

Check out the full list below.

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12. Vallejo-Fairfield, CA

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Vacant Properties: 496

Total Residential Properties: 113,633

Vacancy Rate: 0.4%

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11. York-Hanover, PA

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Vacant Properties: 629

Total Residential Properties: 145,070

Vacancy Rate: 0.4%

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10. Madison, WI

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Vacant Properties: 769

Total Residential Properties: 190,913

Vacancy Rate: 0.4%

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9. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO

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Vacant Properties: 547

Total Residential Properties: 136,831

Vacancy Rate: 0.4%

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8. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

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Vacant Properties: 10,497

Total Residential Properties: 2,674,289

Vacancy Rate: 0.4%

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7. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

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Vacant Properties: 822

Total Residential Properties: 214,697

Vacancy Rate: 0.4%

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6. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

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Vacant Properties: 3,722

Total Residential Properties: 1,145,147

Vacancy Rate: 0.3%

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5. Lancaster, PA

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Vacant Properties: 457

Total Residential Properties: 148,177

Vacancy Rate: 0.3%

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4. Provo-Orem, UT

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Vacant Properties: 397

Total Residential Properties: 131,449

Vacancy Rate: 0.3%

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3. Manchester-Nashua, NH

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Vacant Properties: 342

Total Residential Properties: 117,729

Vacancy Rate: 0.3%

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2. Fort Collins, CO

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Vacant Properties: 246

Total Residential Properties: 105,876

Vacancy Rate: 0.2%

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1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

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Vacant Properties: 858

Total Residential Properties: 443,387

Vacancy Rate: 0.2%

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A vacant and blighted home, covered with red spray paint, sits alone in an east side neighborhood once full of homes in Detroit, Michigan January 27, 2013.  REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
A vacant and blighted home, covered with red spray paint, sits alone in an east side neighborhood once full of homes in Detroit Thomson Reuters

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