Toll Brothers News

GOOD MORNING. Stocks in Asia closed higher today; U.S. futures are pointing to a higher open.

Luxury builder Robert Toll says the Federal Housing Administration is a train wreck waiting to happen.

Real estate was ground zero for the economic crisis, and homebuilders' stocks bore the brunt as the credit bubble deflated.

Shares of most homebuilders moved higher Monday after a big jump in house resales last month.

Builders in October unexpectedly broke ground on fewer U.S. houses as the sales outlook darkened with the looming expiration of a government tax credit and mounting joblessness.

There was a "for sale" sign up across the homebuilding sector today, as investors exacted revenge on release of weak earnings from the nation's largest homebuilder, D.R. Horton on Friday morning.

A recovery in U.S. housing will have to wait at least until next year. The outlook for the home market dimmed this week as residential construction and mortgage applications fell and loan delinquencies reached a record.

EastBanc, Toll Bros. bid on D.C. project

The Federal Housing Administration, the agency that insures home purchases made with down payments as small as 3.5 percent, may create another lending crisis, Toll Brothers Inc.

This morning, Citigroup upgraded shares of Pulte Homes from Hold to Buy as the stock has underperformed the sector lately.

In this Nov. 10 photo, a prefabricated home is pieced together in Rockport, Mass.

Shares of luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc. rallied Wednesday after the company said its quarterly orders jumped a greater-than-expected 42% from the year-ago period.

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Filed under: Major movement , Earnings reports , Good news , Toll Brothers , Options , Technical Analysis , Housing Toll Brothers shares are rising today after the company announced preliminary Q4 results last night .

U.S. stock futures on Wednesday pointed to gains for a second time this week, as traders interpreted a flurry of Federal Reserve officials' speeches as a green light to buy up dollar-denominated assets while selling the greenback.

The old saying is true that there is only so much land, and "God isn't making any more of it." So, over the longer run, I think demand for land and houses will flourish in a large way.

Stocks continued to move higher of Wednesday as homebuilder shares led the rally.

U.S. stocks extended a global advance, sending the Standard & Poora s 500 Index to near a 13- month high, as Chinaa s industrial production surged and policy makers signaled interest rates will remain at a record low.

So far, it doesn't look like there will be the unprecedented discounting of last year--but hopes might still need adjusting.

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