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Homebuilders' confidence in the housing market again plunged to a record low, dragged down by poor financial market conditions, rising unemployment and consumer anxiety, a trade group said Tuesday.

The BSA trade group sent 48,000 peer-to-peer-related takedown warnings and asked sites to shut down 18,000 auctions for the first half of this year.

The nation's retailers could be in for the weakest holiday season in six years as the sluggish economy continues to squeeze household budgets, according to a trade group report issued Tuesday.

Homebuilders' confidence in the housing market remained at record low levels, a trade group said Monday.

Homebuilders' confidence in the weak housing market fell in June, matching the record low in a monthly industry assessment index, a trade group said Monday.

More than one million homes are now in foreclosure according to a trade group, the highest rate recorded since 1979.

Home prices continued their plunge during the last three months of 2007, setting a real estate trade group's record for the biggest-ever quarterly drop.

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Home prices are likely to decline in 2008 for the second straight year, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday, as the trade group released new readings showing addition weakness in the already battered home sale market.