UPDATED: March 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM PDT Pasadena is the nation’s second-hardest spot to find a rental, another example of how January’s firestorm is altering the region’s real estate markets.

Pasadena vacancies are running 0.8 percentage points below their 4.5% average over the past five years. That’s the 19th largest decline in empty units among the 149 cities.