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Moody's cuts Toll Brothers to junk status on weak economy (Market Watch)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:47:36 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Moody's Investors Service on Thursday lowered Toll Brothers Inc.'s senior unsecured rating to non-investment grade of Ba1 from Baa3. At the same time, Moody's confirmed the company's Ba2 sub debt rating and assigned a corporate family rating of Ba1. The downgrade was prompted by weak economic and homebuilding industry trends and expectations that Toll Brothers'...

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Is Robert Toll's Honesty Keeping Shares Above Water? (Seeking Alpha)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:22:15 GMT

Steve Farrington submits: Take a look at a few recent quotes from Toll Brothers (TOL) CEO Robert Toll: From MarketWatch ( 5/13/08 ): Complete Story »

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MBF Financial: New Analyst Reports for DELTA AIR LINES INC, BB AND T CORP, CAPITAL ONE, and TOLL BROTHERS (Market Wire - Investment Opinion)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:15:00 GMT

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Toll Brothers, Inc.: Toll Brothers' June 19, 2008 Presentation at The Bank of America 2008 Homebuilders Conference to Be Webcast Live (Market Wire)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:15:00 GMT

HORSHAM, PA (MARKET WIRE) Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL), the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, will make a presentation to the investment community via live audio webcast at The Bank of America 2008 Homebuilders Conference on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. EDT.

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Grillin' & Chillin' at North8: They don't appear to be done... (Curbed)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:59:56 GMT

They don't appear to be done yet, but Brownstoner has some fun spy shots of the private backyards at North8, the Toll Brothers' Williamsburg condo project that's not Northside Piers. The look right now is definitely mouse-in-a-maze, but we're sure that once the BBQ grills go in a la 40 Bond, this place will be Williamsburg party central. If the unwashed hipsters can get by the doorman. [Brownstoner]...

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A Peek at the North8 Gardens (brownstoner)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:28:57 GMT

Thanks to a tipster with an unusual view, we've got some fun pics of the never-before-seen backyard of Toll Brothers' North8 development (which, incidentally, we think is pretty good looking as far as these things go. Agree?) There's definitely a...

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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia: Web video hunt: On Tuesday, Toll Bros. CEO Robert Toll told Power Lunch home prices may be stabilizing. Who interviewed him? (Stock Market Beat)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:25:49 GMT

Web video hunt: On Tuesday, Toll Bros. CEO Robert Toll told Power Lunch home prices may be stabilizing. Who interviewed him? Toll Brothers CEO Robert Toll discusses the current housing crisis with CNBC’s Sue Herera. In the models I use, Toll Brothers (TOL) scores well for free cash flow, but poorly for earnings momentum and return potential. Sponsor: [...]

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Fear of Being a Schmuck: "What people are most scared of... (Curbed)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:34:23 GMT

"What people are most scared of is looking like a schmuck,'' Toll Brothers Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Robert Toll said at a conference in New York last week. "What do I want to buy a home for and next year be looking at 10 percent less asset?'' Mr. Toll thinks people will be afraid of looking like schmucks for another 2-3 years. No word on the role being played by fear of being a...

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Fitch Affirms Toll Brothers' IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Remains Negative (Business Wire)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has affirmed Toll Brothers, Inc.'s (NYSE: TOL) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and other outstanding debt ratings as follows:

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Toll Brothers CEO Warns of More Trouble Ahead (Seeking Alpha)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:49:19 GMT

Ockham Research submits: Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL) on Tuesday disclosed its third straight quarterly loss for the quarter ended April 30, 2008 (see conference call transcript ). TOL lost $93.7 million or $.59 per share, but the results were well ahead of Wall Street estimates, which called for a loss of $.89 per share. The company claimed a pre-tax write-down of $288.1 million from declining...

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Housing recovery called years away (Deseret Morning News)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:18:56 GMT

The chief executive of Toll Brothers Inc., the nation's largest luxury-home builder, said Wednesday the housing industry is in a "depression" and any recovery could be two or three years away.

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Problem Is Pulte (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analys)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:40:00 GMT

The homebuilders are all lobbying Congress for tax credits and other incentives. Today Pulte Homes said "The Problem Is Demand". Professor Kevin Depew in point #1 of "Five Things" says No, the Problem is Pulte Homes . This morning both Toll Brothers (TOL) and Pulte Homes (PHM) are presenting at the JP Morgan (JPM) Basics and Industrials Conference. We heard from Toll's Bob Toll yesterday on...

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Toll Brothers' Earnings Prove It's Hard to Make a Case for Homebuilders (Seeking Alpha)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:19:47 GMT

Eric Fox submits: Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL) reported second quarter of fiscal 2008 (4/30/08) earnings Tuesday. The conference call was interesting. An analyst suggested that Toll might consider writing the value of its lots to zero, a notion that management scoffed at. Another raised the issue in a roundabout way, by correctly pointing out that the cost of improving raw land may exceed the price...

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Toll Brothers' Earnings Prove There's No Case for Homebuilders (Seeking Alpha)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:19:47 GMT

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Builders Toll, Hovnanian post huge losses (San Diego Union)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:02:01 GMT

Toll Brothers and Hovnanian Enterprises reported second-quarter losses as builders struggle to sell their homes at a time when many buyers remain reluctant to enter the market because they expect home prices to keep falling.

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Builders Take More Write-Downs (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:46:00 GMT

Toll Brothers swung to a loss on continued write-downs from the housing crunch. The luxury-home builder also called on Congress to create tax incentives to spur home buying.

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Housing/Subprime/Credit Roundup — June 3, 2008 (The Johnsville News)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:33:00 GMT

Items of Interest: MarketWatch: Toll Brothers, Hovnanian post quarterly loss -- Write-downs weigh on results; Toll CEO says housing demand's still weak After markets closed on Tuesday, Hovnanian Enterprises, a Horsham, Pa.-based homebuilder, said it swung to a loss of $93.7 million, or 59 cents a share, for the three months ended April 30. This included after-tax write-downs of $174.6 million,...

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Toll Brothers is Hungry: Eating our Land and Spitting it Back Out (It's Getting Hot In Here)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:39:01 GMT

One of the nation’s largest developers is gobbling up our precious open spaces and spitting them back out in drastically altered pieces. Unfortunately, the McMansions Toll Brothers is planting on former farmland throughout Bucks County, Pennsylvania will only yield poor attempts to satisfy families’ hunger for the American Dream. Bucks County, Pennsylvania – known for rolling [...]

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Takedown for Toll Bros.: 'Twas a rough second quarter for... (Curbed SF)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:18:24 GMT

'Twas a rough second quarter for luxury home builder Toll Brothers, whose $93.7 million in losses knocked its stock shares down by 59 cents per share; revenue also dropped by 30 percent from last year, to $818.8 million while contracts...

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Toll Brothers F2Q08 (Qtr End 4/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript (Seeking Alpha)

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:15:27 GMT

Toll Brothers, Inc. (TOL) F2Q08 Earnings Call Complete Story »

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