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Toll Brothers builds and sells new luxury homes to buyers in the United States.
Toll Brothers is a home builder. It buys land, puts up houses, and sells them — mostly large, nice ones — to people moving up in the world or buying a second home or downsizing, in more than 24 states across the country. The company is based in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, but its real footprint is the suburbs around big cities and popular retirement spots in the Sun Belt. Buyers pay full price for a finished or custom-built home, and Toll Brothers also runs its own mortgage, title, and insurance businesses, so it earns a little extra on each sale. At its core, it's a bet on American wealth and where people want to live.
Think of it as the tailor of home builders: while most builders sell you a house off the rack, Toll Brothers lets you pick finishes, layouts, and upgrades, which is why the average selling price per home is much higher than the industry norm. In its latest fiscal year, homebuilding delivered more than $10 billion in revenue, and the average home sold for over $900,000 — roughly double what many mass-market builders charge. That focus on higher-end buyers makes the company more sensitive to interest rates and stock-market wealth than to the paycheck-to-paycheck crowd.
The business goes in cycles: when rates are low and stocks are up, wealthy buyers sign contracts; when borrowing costs spike, they wait. Right now, Toll Brothers is dealing with mortgage rates that are high by recent standards, which slows some buyers, but a shortage of existing homes for sale has pushed more people toward new construction. The company has also built out its apartment-living and land-development arms to earn steady fees and rents, smoothing out the boom-bust rhythm of selling houses. It spends its spare cash on land, dividends, and buying back its own stock — reducing its share count by a few percent a year — while keeping debt low. Founded in 1967 by brothers Bob and Bruce Toll, the company started as a small builder in Pennsylvania and grew into the country's best-known luxury brand in housing.
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