10-Q



UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
þ
 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended July 31, 2015
or
o
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission file number 001-09186
TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
23-2416878
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
250 Gibraltar Road, Horsham, Pennsylvania
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
19044
(Zip Code)
(215) 938-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer þ
 
 
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
 
Smaller reporting company o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No þ
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
At September 1, 2015, there were approximately 176,251,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding.







TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
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STATEMENT ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
Certain information included in this report or in other materials we have filed or will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by us) contains or may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. One can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate to matters of a strictly historical or factual nature and generally discuss or relate to future events. These statements contain words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “may,” “can,” “could,” “might,” “should,” and other words or phrases of similar meaning. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, information related to: anticipated operating results; home deliveries; financial resources and condition; changes in revenues; changes in profitability; changes in margins; changes in accounting treatment; cost of revenues; selling, general, and administrative expenses; interest expense; inventory write-downs; unrecognized tax benefits; anticipated tax refunds; sales paces and prices; effects of home buyer cancellations; growth and expansion; joint ventures in which we are involved; anticipated results from our investments in unconsolidated entities; the ability to acquire land and pursue real estate opportunities; the ability to gain approvals and open new communities; the ability to sell homes and properties; the ability to deliver homes from backlog; the ability to secure materials and subcontractors; the ability to produce the liquidity and capital necessary to expand and take advantage of opportunities; and legal proceedings and claims.
From time to time, forward-looking statements also are included in other reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K; in press releases; in presentations; on our website; and in other materials released to the public. Any or all of the forward-looking statements included in this report and in any other reports or public statements made by us are not guarantees of future performance and may turn out to be inaccurate. This can occur as a result of incorrect assumptions or as a consequence of known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Many factors mentioned in this report or in other reports or public statements made by us, such as market conditions, government regulation, and the competitive environment, will be important in determining our future performance. Consequently, actual results may differ materially from those that might be anticipated from our forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see the information under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC and in this report.
When this report uses the words “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company,” they refer to Toll Brothers, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires. References herein to “fiscal 2014,” “fiscal 2013,” “fiscal 2012,” and “fiscal 2011” refer to our fiscal years ended October 31, 2014; October 31, 2013; October 31, 2012; and October 31, 2011, respectively. References herein to “fiscal 2015” refer to our fiscal year ending October 31, 2015.



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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands)
 
July 31,
2015
 
October 31,
2014
 
(unaudited)
 
 
ASSETS
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
394,808

 
$
586,315

Marketable securities
10,008

 
12,026

Restricted cash
17,920

 
18,342

Inventory
6,990,878

 
6,490,321

Property, construction, and office equipment, net
138,597

 
143,010

Receivables, prepaid expenses, and other assets
275,759

 
251,572

Mortgage loans held for sale
127,405

 
101,944

Customer deposits held in escrow
48,296

 
42,073

Investments in unconsolidated entities
334,925

 
447,078

Investments in foreclosed real estate and distressed loans
59,459

 
73,800

Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances
232,840

 
250,421

 
$
8,630,895

 
$
8,416,902

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
Loans payable
$
866,876

 
$
654,261

Senior notes
2,356,068

 
2,655,044

Mortgage company loan facility
100,000

 
90,281

Customer deposits
299,611

 
223,799

Accounts payable
242,770

 
225,347

Accrued expenses
579,268

 
581,477

Income taxes payable
60,316

 
125,996

Total liabilities
4,504,909

 
4,556,205

Equity
 
 
 
Stockholders’ equity
 
 
 
Preferred stock, none issued

 

Common stock, 177,931 and 177,930 shares issued at July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively
1,779

 
1,779

Additional paid-in capital
728,501

 
712,162

Retained earnings
3,448,039

 
3,232,035

Treasury stock, at cost — 1,779 and 2,884 shares at July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively
(54,438
)
 
(88,762
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(2,900
)
 
(2,838
)
Total stockholders’ equity
4,120,981

 
3,854,376

Noncontrolling interest
5,005

 
6,321

Total equity
4,125,986

 
3,860,697

 
$
8,630,895

 
$
8,416,902

See accompanying notes.

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TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenues
$
2,734,046

 
$
2,560,912

 
$
1,028,011

 
$
1,056,857

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenues
2,152,938

 
2,019,262

 
824,394

 
817,232

Selling, general and administrative
330,174

 
312,171

 
116,175

 
109,981

 
2,483,112

 
2,331,433

 
940,569

 
927,213

Income from operations
250,934

 
229,479

 
87,442

 
129,644

Other:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from unconsolidated entities
17,080

 
38,192

 
5,952

 
950

Other income – net
50,005

 
48,373

 
14,070

 
20,731

Income before income taxes
318,019

 
316,044

 
107,464

 
151,325

Income tax provision
102,015

 
107,536

 
40,715

 
53,618

Net income
$
216,004

 
$
208,508

 
$
66,749

 
$
97,707

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Change in pension liability
(62
)
 
153

 
139

 
(3
)
Change in fair value of available-for-sale securities
2

 
(14
)
 

 
8

Change in unrealized (loss) income on derivative held by equity investee
(2
)
 
198

 
12

 
(25
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income
(62
)
 
337

 
151

 
(20
)
Total comprehensive income
$
215,942

 
$
208,845

 
$
66,900

 
$
97,687

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
1.22

 
$
1.17

 
$
0.38

 
$
0.55

Diluted
$
1.18

 
$
1.13

 
$
0.36

 
$
0.53

Weighted-average number of shares:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
176,443

 
177,591

 
176,797

 
178,217

Diluted
184,692

 
185,944

 
185,133

 
186,501

See accompanying notes.


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TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Cash flow (used in) provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Net income
$
216,004

 
$
208,508

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:

 

Depreciation and amortization
17,667

 
16,690

Stock-based compensation
17,694

 
16,985

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
(4,603
)
 
(221
)
Income from unconsolidated entities
(17,080
)
 
(38,192
)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated entities
8,459

 
41,580

Income from foreclosed real estate and distressed loans
(7,192
)
 
(14,024
)
Deferred tax provision
19,006

 
24,653

Change in deferred tax valuation allowances
(1,388
)
 
(2,655
)
Inventory impairments and write-offs
31,279

 
9,898

Change in fair value of mortgage loans held for sale and derivative instruments
(137
)
 
143

Gain on sale of marketable securities

 
(6
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
 
 
 
Increase in inventory
(349,674
)
 
(352,826
)
Origination of mortgage loans
(675,643
)
 
(546,401
)
Sale of mortgage loans
649,464

 
560,401

Decrease in restricted cash
422

 
9,635

Increase in receivables, prepaid expenses, and other assets
(32,451
)
 
(7,222
)
Increase in customer deposits
69,589

 
27,157

Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
8,410

 
36,599

(Decrease) increase in income taxes payable
(61,077
)
 
47,914

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
(111,251
)
 
38,616

Cash flow provided by (used in) investing activities:
 
 
 
Purchase of property and equipment — net
(7,245
)
 
(9,500
)
Sale and redemption of marketable securities
2,000

 
40,243

Investments in unconsolidated entities
(39,281
)
 
(93,039
)
Return of investments in unconsolidated entities
34,803

 
50,677

Investment in foreclosed real estate and distressed loans
(2,096
)
 
(1,127
)
Return of investments in foreclosed real estate and distressed loans
23,372

 
40,675

Net increase in cash from purchase of joint venture interest
3,848

 


Acquisition of a business, net of cash acquired


 
(1,489,116
)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
15,401

 
(1,461,187
)
Cash flow (used in) provided by financing activities:
 
 
 
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes


 
600,000

Debt issuance costs for senior notes


 
(4,700
)
Proceeds from loans payable
1,216,094

 
1,870,880

Debt issuance costs for loans payable


 
(3,005
)
Principal payments of loans payable
(1,043,542
)
 
(1,417,848
)
Redemption of senior notes
(300,000
)
 
(267,960
)
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock


 
220,365

Proceeds from stock-based benefit plans
35,246

 
26,555

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
4,603

 
221

Purchase of treasury stock
(6,746
)
 
(341
)
(Payments) receipts related to noncontrolling interest, net
(1,312
)
 
81

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
(95,657
)
 
1,024,248

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
(191,507
)
 
(398,323
)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
586,315

 
772,972

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
394,808

 
$
374,649

See accompanying notes.

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TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Toll Brothers, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), a Delaware corporation, and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Investments in 50% or less owned partnerships and affiliates are accounted for using the equity method unless it is determined that we have effective control of the entity, in which case we consolidate the entity.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information. The October 31, 2014 balance sheet amounts and disclosures included herein have been derived from our October 31, 2014 audited financial statements. Since the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements, we suggest that they be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary to present fairly our financial position as of July 31, 2015, the results of our operations for the nine-month and three-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, and our cash flows for the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014. The results of operations for such interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-11, “Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists” (“ASU 2013-11”). ASU 2013-11 is intended to eliminate inconsistent practices regarding the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when a net operating loss, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is available to reduce the taxable income or tax payable that would result from the disallowance of a tax position. We adopted ASU 2013-11 on November 1, 2014, and the adoption did not have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosures.
In April 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-04, “Liabilities” (“ASU 2013-04”), which provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date. We adopted ASU 2013-04 on November 1, 2014, and the adoption did not have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosures.
In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs” (“ASU 2015-03”), which requires debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability to be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the debt liability rather than as an asset. ASU 2015-03 is effective for us beginning November 1, 2016. Upon adoption, we must apply the new guidance retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 is not expected to have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosures.
In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02, “Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis” (“ASU 2015-02”), which eliminates the deferral granted to investment companies from applying the variable interest entities (“VIEs”) guidance and makes targeted amendments to the current consolidation guidance. The new guidance applies to all entities involved with limited partnerships or similar entities and will require re-evaluation of these entities under the revised guidance which may change previous consolidation conclusions. ASU 2015-02 is effective for us beginning February 1, 2016, and, at that time, we may adopt the new standard retrospectively or use a modified retrospective approach. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2015-02 will have on our condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASU 2014-09”), which provides guidance for revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 affects any entity that either enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services or enters into contracts for the transfer of nonfinancial assets and supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, “Revenue Recognition,” and most industry-specific guidance. ASU 2014-09 also supersedes some cost guidance included in Subtopic 605-35, “Revenue Recognition—Construction-Type and Production-Type Contracts.” The standard’s core principle is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in

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an amount that reflects the consideration to which a company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In doing so, companies will need to use more judgment and make more estimates than under the current guidance. These judgments and estimates include identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price, and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (“ASU 2015-14”), which delays the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. ASU 2014-09, as amended by ASU 2015-14, is effective for us beginning November 1, 2018, and, at that time, we may adopt the new standard under the full retrospective approach or the modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the method of adoption and the impact the adoption of ASU 2014-09 will have on our condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
In January 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-04, “Receivables—Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors” (“ASU 2014-04”), which clarifies when an in substance repossession or foreclosure of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan has occurred. By doing so, this guidance helps determine when the creditor should derecognize the loan receivable and recognize the real estate property. ASU 2014-04 is effective prospectively for us beginning November 1, 2015. The adoption of ASU 2014-04 is not expected to have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements or disclosures.
2. Acquisition
On February 4, 2014, we completed our acquisition of Shapell Industries, Inc. (“Shapell”) pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated November 6, 2013, with Shapell Investment Properties, Inc. (“SIPI”). We acquired all of the equity interests in Shapell from SIPI for $1.49 billion, net of cash acquired (the “Acquisition”). We acquired the single-family residential real property development business of Shapell, including a portfolio of approximately 4,950 home sites in California, some of which we have sold to other builders. As part of the Acquisition, we assumed contracts to deliver 126 homes with an aggregate value of approximately $105.3 million.
We did not acquire the apartment and commercial rental properties owned and operated by Shapell (the “Shapell Commercial Properties”) or Shapell’s mortgage lending activities relating to its home building operations. Accordingly, the Purchase Agreement provides that SIPI will indemnify us for any loss arising out of or resulting from, among other things, (i) any liability (other than environmental losses, subject to certain exceptions) related to the Shapell Commercial Properties, and (ii) any liability (other than environmental losses, subject to certain exceptions) to the extent related to Shapell Mortgage, Inc. See Note 2, “Acquisitions,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2014 for additional information regarding the Acquisition.
In the nine-month and three-month periods ended July 31, 2014, we recorded acquisition-related costs of $6.0 million and $0.1 million, respectively, which are included in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income within “Selling, general and administrative.” Such costs were expensed as incurred in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, “Business Combinations.” There were no acquisition-related costs incurred in the nine-month and three-month periods ended July 31, 2015.
3. Inventory
Inventory at July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
July 31,
2015
 
October 31,
2014
Land controlled for future communities
$
76,371

 
$
122,533

Land owned for future communities
2,344,705

 
2,355,874

Operating communities
4,569,802

 
4,011,914

 
$
6,990,878

 
$
6,490,321

Operating communities include communities offering homes for sale, communities that have sold all available home sites but have not completed delivery of the homes, communities that were previously offering homes for sale but are temporarily closed due to business conditions or nonavailability of improved home sites and that are expected to reopen within 12 months of the end of the fiscal period being reported on, and communities preparing to open for sale. The carrying value attributable to operating communities includes the cost of homes under construction, land and land development costs, the carrying cost of home sites in current and future phases of these communities, and the carrying cost of model homes.
Communities that were previously offering homes for sale but are temporarily closed due to business conditions and that do not have any remaining backlog and are not expected to reopen within 12 months of the end of the fiscal period being reported on

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have been classified as land owned for future communities. Backlog consists of homes under contract but not yet delivered to our home buyers (“backlog”).
Information regarding the classification, number, and carrying value of these temporarily closed communities, as of the dates indicated, is provided in the table below.
 
July 31,
2015
 
October 31,
2014
Land owned for future communities:
 
 
 
Number of communities
18

 
16

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
142,936

 
$
122,015

Operating communities:
 
 
 
Number of communities
8

 
9

Carrying value (in thousands)
$
38,443

 
$
42,092


The amounts we have provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that we believed not to be recoverable, for the periods indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Land controlled for future communities
$
679

 
$
2,198

 
$
69

 
$
1,192

Land owned for future communities
12,600

 


 
11,900

 

Operating communities
18,000

 
7,700

 
6,000

 
4,800

 
$
31,279

 
$
9,898

 
$
17,969

 
$
5,992

See Note 13, “Fair Value Disclosures,” for information regarding the number of operating communities that we tested for potential impairment, the number of operating communities in which we recognized impairment charges, the amount of impairment charges recognized, and the fair values of those communities, net of impairment charges.
See Note 15, “Commitments and Contingencies,” for information regarding land purchase commitments.
At July 31, 2015, we evaluated our land purchase contracts to determine whether any of the selling entities were VIEs and, if they were, whether we were the primary beneficiary of any of them. Under these land purchase contracts, we do not possess legal title to the land. Our risk is generally limited to deposits paid to the sellers and predevelopment costs incurred, and the creditors of the sellers generally have no recourse against us. At July 31, 2015, we determined that 58 land purchase contracts, with an aggregate purchase price of $812.0 million, on which we had made aggregate deposits totaling $43.0 million, were VIEs and that we were not the primary beneficiary of any VIE related to our land purchase contracts. At October 31, 2014, we determined that 63 land purchase contracts, with an aggregate purchase price of $578.2 million, on which we had made aggregate deposits totaling $30.7 million, were VIEs, and that we were not the primary beneficiary of any VIE related to our land purchase contracts.
Interest incurred, capitalized, and expensed, for the periods indicated, was as follows (amounts in thousands): 
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Interest capitalized, beginning of period
$
356,180

 
$
343,077

 
$
372,894

 
$
367,135

Interest incurred
117,896

 
123,267

 
37,438

 
40,638

Interest expensed to cost of revenues
(94,942
)
 
(91,766
)
 
(36,989
)
 
(37,181
)
Write-off against other income
(2,795
)
 
(1,876
)
 
(1,057
)
 
(836
)
Interest capitalized on investments in unconsolidated entities
(6,149
)
 
(7,098
)
 
(1,324
)
 
(2,341
)
Previously capitalized interest on investments in unconsolidated entities transferred to inventory
15,915

 
1,811

 
15,143

 

Interest capitalized, end of period
$
386,105

 
$
367,415

 
$
386,105

 
$
367,415

Inventory impairment charges are recognized against all inventory costs in a community. The amounts included in the table directly above reflect the gross amount of capitalized interest without allocation of any impairment charges recognized. We estimate that, had inventory impairment charges been allocated on a pro rata basis to the individual components of inventory,

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capitalized interest at July 31, 2015 and 2014, would have been reduced by approximately $33.5 million and $35.8 million, respectively.
During the three months ended July 31, 2015, we transfered $132.3 million from investment in unconsolidated entities to inventory. See Note 4, “Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Entities - Homebuilding Joint Ventures” for additional information.
4. Investments in Unconsolidated Entities
We have investments in various unconsolidated entities. These joint ventures (i) develop land for use by certain joint venture participants and, in other cases, for sale to other third-party builders (“Land Development Joint Ventures”); (ii) develop for-sale homes and condominiums (“Home Building Joint Ventures”); (iii) develop luxury for-rent residential apartments, commercial space, and a hotel (“Rental Property Joint Ventures”), which includes our investments in Toll Brothers Realty Trust (the “Trust”) and Toll Brothers Realty Trust II (“Trust II”); and (iv) invest in a portfolio of distressed loans and real estate (“Structured Asset Joint Venture”).
The table below provides information as of July 31, 2015, regarding active joint ventures that we are invested in, by joint venture category ($ amounts in thousands):
 
Land
Development
Joint Ventures
 
Home Building
Joint Ventures
 
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
 
Structured
Asset
Joint Venture
 
Total
Number of unconsolidated entities
7
 
3
 
10
 
1
 
21
Investment in unconsolidated entities
$
140,526

 
$
74,156

 
$
106,425

 
$
13,818

 
$
334,925

Number of unconsolidated entities with funding commitments by the Company
4
 
2
 
4
 

 
10
Company's remaining funding commitment to unconsolidated entities
$
31,335

 
$
25,768

 
$
14,189

 
$

 
$
71,292

Certain joint ventures in which we have investments obtained debt financing to finance a portion of their activities. The table below provides information at July 31, 2015, regarding the debt financing obtained by category ($ amounts in thousands):
 
Land
Development
Joint Ventures
 
Home Building
Joint Ventures
 
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
 
Total
Number of joint ventures with debt financing
3
 
2
 
8
 
13
Aggregate loan commitments
$
175,000

 
$
222,000

 
$
733,759

 
$
1,130,759

Amounts borrowed under commitments
$
99,038

 
$
93,584

 
$
469,031

 
$
661,653

More specific and/or recent information regarding our investments in, advances to, and future commitments to these entities is provided below; such activity is also included in the summary information provided above.
Land Development Joint Ventures
See Note 15, “Commitments and Contingencies,” for information regarding land purchase agreements that we have with our Land Development Joint Ventures.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, we obtained approximately 48 home sites from a Land Development Joint Venture in consideration of our previous investment in the joint venture. In the third quarter of fiscal 2014, we obtained approximately 515 home sites from this venture. We have a commitment to this joint venture to fund approximately $17.0 million, which represents our expected share of the major infrastructure improvements related to this community. Contributions to this joint venture related to these improvements will be included in “Inventory” in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets when they are actually made.
Home Building Joint Ventures
In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, we entered into a joint venture with an unrelated party to complete the development of a high-rise luxury condominium project in New York City on property that we owned. We contributed $15.9 million as our initial contribution for a 25% interest in this joint venture. We sold the property to the joint venture for $78.5 million, and we were reimbursed for development and construction costs incurred by us prior to the sale. The gain of $9.3 million that we achieved on the sale was deferred and will be recognized in our results of operations as units are sold and delivered to the ultimate home buyer. At July 31, 2015, we had an investment of $16.7 million in this joint venture. The joint venture entered into a

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construction loan agreement of $124.0 million to fund the land purchase and a portion of the cost of the development of the property. At July 31, 2015, the joint venture had $60.4 million borrowed under the construction loan.
We have an investment in a joint venture in which we have a 50% interest to develop a high-rise luxury condominium project in conjunction with a luxury hotel in New York City being developed by a related joint venture discussed below in Rental Property Joint Ventures. At July 31, 2015, we had invested $32.8 million in this joint venture and expect to make additional investments of approximately $17.5 million for the development of this project. In November 2014, this joint venture, along with the related hotel joint venture, entered into a $160.0 million construction loan agreement to complete the construction of the condominiums and hotel. At July 31, 2015, this joint venture had $33.2 million of outstanding borrowings under the loan agreement.
We had invested in a joint venture in which we have a 50% voting interest to develop 400 Park Avenue South, a high-rise luxury for-sale/rental project in New York City. Pursuant to the terms of the joint venture agreement, with the completion of the construction of the building’s structure in the third quarter of fiscal 2015, we acquired, with no additional consideration due from us, ownership of the top 18 floors of the building to sell, for our own account, luxury condominium units. Our partner received ownership of the lower floors containing residential rental units and retail space, with no additional consideration due from them. Upon our acquisition of the top 18 floors of the building, we transferred our investment of $132.3 million in this joint venture from “Investments in unconsolidated entities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to “Inventory.”
Rental Property Joint Ventures
In the second quarter of fiscal 2015, we entered into two joint ventures with an unrelated party to develop luxury for-rent residential apartment buildings. Prior to the formation of these joint ventures, we acquired the properties, through two 100%-owned entities, and incurred $18.8 million of land and land development costs. Our partner acquired a 75% interest in each of these entities for $14.5 million, of which $1.4 million was unpaid as of July 31, 2015. At July 31, 2015, we had a combined investment of $6.4 million and funding commitments of $4.0 million in these ventures. In addition, in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, one of the joint ventures entered into a $39.0 million construction loan agreement with two banks to finance the development of its apartment building. At July 31, 2015, this joint venture had no borrowings under the construction loan agreement. The second joint venture expects to enter into a construction loan agreement during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015.
We have an investment in a joint venture in which we have a 50% interest to develop a luxury hotel in conjunction with a high-rise luxury condominium project in the urban New York market being developed by a related joint venture, discussed in Home Building Joint Ventures above. At July 31, 2015, we had invested $21.1 million in this joint venture and expect to make additional investments of approximately $9.7 million for the development of the hotel. In November 2014, this joint venture, along with the related condominium joint venture, entered into a $160.0 million construction loan agreement to complete the construction of the condominiums and the hotel. At July 31, 2015, this joint venture had $16.3 million of outstanding borrowings under the loan agreement.
In fiscal 2005, we, together with an unrelated party, formed Trust II to invest in commercial real estate opportunities. Trust II is owned 50% by us and 50% by our partner. In December 2013, Trust II sold substantially all of its assets to an unrelated party. As a result of this sale, we realized income of approximately $23.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2014, representing our share of the gain on the sale. Our share of the gain on sale of assets is included in “Income from unconsolidated entities” for the nine months ended July 31, 2014 in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. In December 2013, we received a $20.0 million cash distribution from Trust II. In addition, in the first quarter of fiscal 2014, we recognized $2.9 million in previously deferred gains on our initial sales of the properties to Trust II. This gain is included in “Other income – net” for the nine months ended July 31, 2014, in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. At July 31, 2015, we had an investment of $0.9 million in Trust II.
In 1998, prior to the formation of Trust II, we formed the Trust to invest in commercial real estate opportunities. The Trust is effectively owned one-third by us; one-third by Robert I. Toll, Bruce E. Toll (and members of his family), Douglas C. Yearley, Jr., and former members of our senior management collectively; and one-third by an unrelated party. As of July 31, 2015, our investment in the Trust was zero as cumulative distributions received from the Trust have been in excess of the carrying amount of our net investment. We provide development, finance, and management services to the Trust and recognized fees under the terms of various agreements in the amounts of $1.7 million and $2.3 million in the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $0.5 million and $0.6 million in the three-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, we received a $2.0 million distribution from the Trust, which is included in “Income from unconsolidated entities” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. In the second quarter of fiscal 2015, we received distributions of $4.1 million, of which $1.5 million was recognized as income. In the second quarter of fiscal 2014, the Trust refinanced the mortgage on one of its properties and distributed $36.0 million of the net proceeds from

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the refinancing to its partners. We received $12.0 million as our share of the proceeds and recognized this distribution as income in the second quarter of fiscal 2014.
Guarantees
The unconsolidated entities in which we have investments generally finance their activities with a combination of partner equity and debt financing. In some instances, we and our partners have guaranteed debt of certain unconsolidated entities. These guarantees may include any or all of the following: (i) project completion guarantees, including any cost overruns; (ii) repayment guarantees, generally covering a percentage of the outstanding loan; (iii) guarantees of indemnities provided to the lender by the unconsolidated entity with regard to environmental matters; (iv) a hazardous material indemnity that holds the lender harmless for any liability it may suffer from the threat or presence of any hazardous or toxic substances at or near the property covered by a loan; and (v) indemnification of the lender from “bad boy acts” of the unconsolidated entity.
In some instances, the guarantees provided in connection with loans to an unconsolidated entity are joint and several. In these situations, we generally have a reimbursement agreement with our partner that provides that neither party is responsible for more than its proportionate share or agreed-upon share of the guarantee; however, if a joint venture partner does not have adequate financial resources to meet its obligations under the reimbursement agreement, we may be liable for more than our proportionate share.
We believe that, as of July 31, 2015, in the event we become legally obligated to perform under a guarantee of the obligation of an unconsolidated entity due to a triggering event, the collateral in such entity should be sufficient to repay a significant portion of the obligation. If it is not, we and our partners would need to contribute additional capital to the venture. At July 31, 2015, the unconsolidated entities that have guarantees related to debt had loan commitments aggregating $922.2 million and had borrowed an aggregate of $453.1 million. The terms of these guarantees generally range from four months to 57 months. We estimate that the maximum potential exposure under these guarantees, if the full amount of the loan commitments were borrowed, would be $922.2 million before any reimbursement from our partners. Based on the amounts borrowed at July 31, 2015, our maximum potential exposure under these guarantees is estimated to be approximately $453.1 million before any reimbursement from our partners.
In addition, we have guaranteed approximately $10.5 million of ground lease payments and insurance deductibles for three joint ventures.
As of July 31, 2015, the estimated aggregate fair value of the guarantees provided by us related to debt and other obligations of certain unconsolidated entities was approximately $4.5 million. We have not made payments under any of the guarantees, nor have we been called upon to do so.
Variable Interest Entities
At July 31, 2015, we determined that one of our joint ventures was a VIE under the guidance within ASC 810, “Consolidation.” At October 31, 2014, we had determined that three of our joint ventures were VIEs under this guidance. We have concluded that we were not the primary beneficiary of the VIEs because the power to direct the activities of these VIEs that most significantly impact their performance was shared by us and the VIEs’ other partners. Business plans, budgets, and other major decisions are required to be unanimously approved by all partners. Management and other fees earned by us are nominal and believed to be at market rates, and there is no significant economic disproportionality between us and the other partners. The information presented below regarding the investments, commitments, and guarantees in unconsolidated entities deemed to be VIEs is also included in the information provided above.
At July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, our investments in unconsolidated joint ventures deemed to be VIEs, which are included in “Investments in unconsolidated entities” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, totaled $6.3 million and $46.4 million, respectively. At July 31, 2015, the maximum exposure of loss to our investment in the unconsolidated joint venture that is a VIE is limited to our investment in the unconsolidated VIE, except with regard to $0.4 million of additional commitments to the VIE. At October 31, 2014, the maximum exposure of loss to our investment in unconsolidated joint ventures that are VIEs is limited to our investment in the unconsolidated VIEs, except with regard to $43.4 million of additional commitments to fund the joint ventures and a $9.1 million guaranty of ground lease payments.

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Joint Venture Condensed Financial Information
The Condensed Balance Sheets, as of the dates indicated, and the Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the periods indicated, for the unconsolidated entities in which we have an investment, aggregated by type of business, are included below (in thousands):
Condensed Balance Sheets:
 
July 31, 2015
 
Land
Development
Joint Ventures
 
Home Building
Joint Ventures
 
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
 
Structured
Asset
Joint Venture
 
Total
Cash and cash equivalents
$
29,414

 
$
13,752

 
$
30,924

 
$
20,168

 
$
94,258

Inventory
233,488

 
299,315

 


 


 
532,803

Non-performing loan portfolio

 

 

 
32,294

 
32,294

Rental properties

 

 
269,632

 


 
269,632

Rental properties under development

 

 
353,019

 

 
353,019

Real estate owned (“REO”)

 

 

 
132,857

 
132,857

Other assets (1)
65,142

 
55,099

 
12,930

 
80,601

 
213,772

Total assets
$
328,044

 
$
368,166

 
$
666,505

 
$
265,920

 
$
1,628,635

Debt (1)
$
100,139

 
$
100,213

 
$
469,031

 
$
77,950

 
$
747,333

Other liabilities
29,548

 
62,361

 
31,586

 


 
123,495

Members’ equity
198,357

 
205,592

 
165,888

 
75,201

 
645,038

Noncontrolling interest

 

 


 
112,769

 
112,769

Total liabilities and equity
$
328,044

 
$
368,166

 
$
666,505

 
$
265,920

 
$
1,628,635

Company’s net investment in unconsolidated entities (2)
$
140,526

 
$
74,156

 
$
106,425

 
$
13,818

 
$
334,925

 
 
October 31, 2014
 
Land
Development
Joint Ventures
 
Home Building
Joint Ventures
 
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
 
Structured
Asset
Joint Venture
 
Total
Cash and cash equivalents
$
31,968

 
$
21,821

 
$
33,040

 
$
23,462

 
$
110,291

Inventory
258,092

 
465,144

 


 


 
723,236

Non-performing loan portfolio

 

 


 
57,641

 
57,641

Rental properties

 

 
140,238

 


 
140,238

Rental properties under development

 

 
327,315

 

 
327,315

Real estate owned (“REO”)

 

 

 
184,753

 
184,753

Other assets (1)
30,166

 
75,164

 
14,333

 
77,986

 
197,649

Total assets
$
320,226

 
$
562,129

 
$
514,926

 
$
343,842

 
$
1,741,123

Debt (1)
$
102,042

 
$
8,713

 
$
333,128

 
$
77,950

 
$
521,833

Other liabilities
23,854

 
56,665

 
43,088

 
177

 
123,784

Members’ equity
194,330

 
496,751

 
138,710

 
106,298

 
936,089

Noncontrolling interest

 

 


 
159,417

 
159,417

Total liabilities and equity
$
320,226

 
$
562,129

 
$
514,926

 
$
343,842

 
$
1,741,123

Company’s net investment in unconsolidated entities (2)
$
140,221

 
$
189,509

 
$
97,353

 
$
19,995

 
$
447,078

 
(1)
Included in other assets of the Structured Asset Joint Venture at July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014 is $78.0 million of restricted cash held in a defeasance account that will be used to repay debt of the Structured Asset Joint Venture on July 25, 2017.
(2)
Differences between our net investment in unconsolidated entities and our underlying equity in the net assets of the entities are primarily a result of the acquisition price of an investment in a land development joint venture in fiscal 2012 that was in excess of our pro-rata share of the underlying equity; impairments related to our investment in unconsolidated entities; a loan made to one of the entities by us; interest capitalized on our investment; the estimated fair value of the guarantees provided to the joint ventures; and distributions from entities in excess of the carrying amount of our net investment.


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Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income:
 
For the nine months ended July 31, 2015
 
Land
Development
Joint Ventures
 
Home Building
Joint Ventures
 
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
 
Structured
Asset
Joint Venture
 
Total
Revenues
$
81,338

 
$
60,854

 
$
23,915

 
$
4,777

 
$
170,884

Cost of revenues
38,838

 
53,294

 
11,452

 
13,344

 
116,928

Other expenses
1,290

 
4,868

 
18,489

 
951

 
25,598

Total expenses
40,128

 
58,162

 
29,941

 
14,295

 
142,526

Gain on disposition of loans and REO


 


 


 
25,094

 
25,094

Income (loss) from operations
41,210

 
2,692

 
(6,026
)
 
15,576

 
53,452

Other income
62

 
602

 
4,376

 
1,709

 
6,749

Net income (loss)
41,272

 
3,294

 
(1,650
)
 
17,285

 
60,201

Less: income attributable to noncontrolling interest

 


 


 
(10,371
)
 
(10,371
)
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest
41,272


3,294

 
(1,650
)
 
6,914

 
49,830

Other comprehensive loss

 

 
(6
)
 

 
(6
)
Total comprehensive income (loss)
$
41,272

 
$
3,294

 
$
(1,656
)
 
$
6,914

 
$
49,824

Company’s equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities (3)
$
10,440

 
$
2,497

 
$
2,777

 
$
1,366

 
$
17,080


 
For the nine months ended July 31, 2014
 
Land
Development
Joint Ventures
 
Home Building
Joint Ventures
 
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
 
Structured
Asset
Joint Venture
 
Total
Revenues
$
129,792

 
$
39,585

 
$
24,961

 
$
6,990

 
$
201,328

Cost of revenues
68,820

 
36,264

 
10,802

 
10,607

 
126,493

Other expenses
580

 
3,727

 
25,777

 
1,239

 
31,323

Total expenses
69,400

 
39,991

 
36,579

 
11,846

 
157,816

Gain on disposition of loans and REO


 


 


 
14,534

 
14,534

Income (loss) from operations
60,392

 
(406
)
 
(11,618
)
 
9,678

 
58,046

Other income
60

 
91

 
44,735

 
2,286

 
47,172

Net income (loss)
60,452

 
(315
)
 
33,117

 
11,964

 
105,218

Less: income attributable to noncontrolling interest

 

 

 
(7,178
)
 
(7,178
)
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest
60,452

 
(315
)
 
33,117

 
4,786

 
98,040

Other comprehensive income

 

 
647

 

 
647

Total comprehensive income (loss)
$
60,452

 
$
(315
)
 
$
33,764

 
$
4,786

 
$
98,687

Company’s equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities (3)
$
456

 
$
266

 
$
36,678

 
$
792

 
$
38,192



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For the three months ended July 31, 2015
 
Land
Development
Joint Ventures
 
Home Building
Joint Ventures
 
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
 
Structured
Asset
Joint Venture
 
Total
Revenues
$
49,579

 
$
24,595

 
$
8,587

 
$
1,817

 
$
84,578

Cost of revenues
22,721

 
21,936

 
4,225

 
4,496

 
53,378

Other expenses
757

 
1,992

 
5,654

 
359

 
8,762

Total expenses
23,478

 
23,928

 
9,879

 
4,855

 
62,140

Gain on disposition of loans and REO


 


 


 
1,507

 
1,507

Income (loss) from operations
26,101

 
667

 
(1,292
)
 
(1,531
)
 
23,945

Other income
51

 
261

 
239

 
355

 
906

Net income (loss)
26,152

 
928

 
(1,053
)
 
(1,176
)
 
24,851

Less: income attributable to noncontrolling interest

 


 


 
706

 
706

Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest
26,152

 
928

 
(1,053
)
 
(470
)
 
25,557

Other comprehensive loss

 

 
40

 

 
40

Total comprehensive income (loss)
$
26,152

 
$
928

 
$
(1,013
)
 
$
(470
)
 
$
25,597

Company’s equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities (3)
$
5,059

 
$
1,039

 
$
(38
)
 
$
(108
)
 
$
5,952


 
For the three months ended July 31, 2014
 
Land
Development
Joint Ventures
 
Home Building
Joint Ventures
 
Rental Property
Joint Ventures
 
Structured
Asset
Joint Venture
 
Total
Revenues
$
17,842

 
$
16,357

 
$
7,955

 
$
3,201

 
$
45,355

Cost of revenues
6,650

 
14,438

 
3,411

 
4,125

 
28,624

Other expenses
115

 
1,680

 
4,219

 
365

 
6,379

Total expenses
6,765

 
16,118

 
7,630

 
4,490

 
35,003

Gain on disposition of loans and REO


 


 


 
8,076

 
8,076

Income (loss) from operations
11,077

 
239

 
325

 
6,787

 
18,428

Other income
54

 
(110
)
 
1,535

 
753

 
2,232

Net income (loss)
11,131

 
129

 
1,860

 
7,540

 
20,660

Less: income attributable to noncontrolling interest

 

 

 
(4,524
)
 
(4,524
)
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest
11,131

 
129

 
1,860

 
3,016

 
16,136

Other comprehensive loss

 

 
(82
)
 

 
(82
)
Total comprehensive income (loss)
$
11,131

 
$
129

 
$
1,778

 
$
3,016

 
$
16,054

Company’s equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities (3)
$
353

 
$
(60
)
 
$
55

 
$
602

 
$
950


(3)
Differences between our equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities and the underlying net income (loss) of the entities are primarily a result of a basis difference of an acquired joint venture interest, distributions from entities in excess of the carrying amount of our net investment, and our share of the entities’ profits related to home sites purchased by us, which reduces our cost basis of the home sites acquired.

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5. Investments in Foreclosed Real Estate and Distressed Loans
Investments in REO and distressed loans consisted of the following, as of the dates indicated (amounts in thousands):
 
July 31,
2015
 
October 31,
2014
Investment in REO
$
57,524

 
$
69,799

Investment in distressed loans
1,935

 
4,001

 
$
59,459

 
$
73,800

In prior periods, we presented our investments in REO and distressed loans in two separate line items on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at October 31, 2014, has been reclassified to conform to the fiscal 2015 presentation.
Investments in REO
The table below provides, for the periods indicated, the activity in REO (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Balance, beginning of period
$
69,799

 
$
72,972

 
$
63,680

 
$
76,652

Additions
2,304

 
21,203

 
400

 
13,167

Sales
(14,139
)
 
(13,558
)
 
(6,471
)
 
(9,366
)
Impairments
(183
)
 
(1,046
)
 


 
(1,044
)
Depreciation
(257
)
 
(252
)
 
(85
)
 
(90
)
Balance, end of period
$
57,524

 
$
79,319

 
$
57,524

 
$
79,319

As of July 31, 2015, approximately $7.3 million and $50.2 million of REO was classified as held-for-sale and held-and-used, respectively. As of July 31, 2014, approximately $2.2 million and $77.1 million of REO was classified as held-for-sale and held-and-used, respectively. The table below provides, for the periods indicated, gains we recorded from the acquisitions of REO through foreclosure (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Gains from acquisition of REO through foreclosure
$
230

 
$
4,503

 
$

 
$
2,980

Investments in Distressed Loans
Our investments in distressed loans represent nonperforming loans classified as nonaccrual in accordance with ASC 310-10, “Receivable.” Interest income is not recognized on nonaccrual loans. When a loan is classified as nonaccrual, any subsequent cash receipt is accounted for using the cost recovery method.
6. Loans Payable, Senior Notes, and Mortgage Company Loan Facility
Loans Payable
At July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, loans payable consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
 
July 31,
2015
 
October 31,
2014
Senior unsecured term loan
 
$
500,000

 
$
500,000

Credit facility borrowings
 
220,000

 

Loans payable – other
 
146,876

 
154,261

 
 
$
866,876

 
$
654,261

Senior Unsecured Term Loan
On February 3, 2014, we entered into a five-year senior, $485.0 million, unsecured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) with a syndicate of banks. We borrowed the full amount of the Term Loan Facility on February 3, 2014. In October

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2014, we increased the Term Loan Facility by $15.0 million and borrowed the full amount of the increase. At July 31, 2015, the interest rate on borrowings under the Term Loan Facility was 1.59% per annum.
We and substantially all of our 100%-owned home building subsidiaries are guarantors under the Term Loan Facility. The Term Loan Facility contains substantially the same financial covenants as our Credit Facility, as described below. The Term Loan Facility will mature and amounts owing thereunder will become due and payable on February 3, 2019.
Credit Facility
On August 1, 2013, we entered into a $1.035 billion, unsecured, five-year revolving credit facility (“Credit Facility”) with a syndicate of banks (“Aggregate Credit Commitment”). The commitments under the Credit Facility are scheduled to expire on August 1, 2018. We are obligated to pay an undrawn commitment fee to the lenders under the Credit Facility, which is based on the average daily unused amount of the Aggregate Credit Commitment and our leverage ratio. Any proceeds from borrowings under the Credit Facility may be used for general corporate purposes. We and substantially all of our 100%-owned home building subsidiaries are guarantors under the Credit Facility.
Under the terms of the Credit Facility, our maximum leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) may not exceed 1.75 to 1.00 and we are required to maintain a minimum tangible net worth (as defined in the credit agreement) of no less than approximately $2.61 billion. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, at July 31, 2015, our leverage ratio was approximately 0.70 to 1.00 and our tangible net worth was approximately $4.08 billion. Based upon the minimum tangible net worth requirement in the Credit Facility, our ability to repurchase our common stock was limited to approximately $1.93 billion as of July 31, 2015.
At July 31, 2015, we had $220.0 million outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility and had outstanding letters of credit of approximately $103.8 million. At July 31, 2015, the interest rate on borrowings under the Credit Facility was 1.69% per annum. Subsequent to July 31, 2015, we borrowed an additional net $130.0 million under the Credit Facility for land acquisitions.
Loans Payable – Other
Our “Loans payable – other” represent purchase money mortgages on properties we acquired that the seller had financed and various revenue bonds that were issued by government entities on our behalf to finance community infrastructure and our manufacturing facilities. At July 31, 2015, the weighted-average interest rate on “Loans payable – other” was 3.95% per annum.
Senior Notes
At July 31, 2015, we, through Toll Brothers Finance Corp., had seven issues of Senior Notes outstanding with an aggregate principal amount of $2.36 billion.
In May 2015, we repaid, at maturity, the $300.0 million of then-outstanding outstanding principal amount of 5.15% Senior Notes due May 15, 2015.
In March 2014, we repaid, at maturity, the $268.0 million of the then-outstanding principal amount of 4.95% Senior Notes due March 15, 2014.
In November 2013, we issued $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.0% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “4.0% Senior Notes”) and $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “5.625% Senior Notes”). We received $596.2 million of net proceeds from the issuance of the 4.0% Senior Notes and the 5.625% Senior Notes.
Mortgage Company Loan Facility
In July 2015, TBI Mortgage® Company (“TBI Mortgage”), our wholly owned mortgage subsidiary, amended its Master Repurchase Agreement (the “Repurchase Agreement”) with Comerica Bank. The purpose of the Repurchase Agreement is to finance the origination of mortgage loans by TBI Mortgage, and the Repurchase Agreement is accounted for as a secured borrowing under ASC 860, “Transfers and Servicing.” The Repurchase Agreement, as amended, provides for loan purchases up to $50.0 million, subject to certain sublimits. In addition, the Repurchase Agreement provides for an accordion feature under which TBI Mortgage may request that the aggregate commitments under the Repurchase Agreement be increased to an amount up to $100.0 million for a short period of time. The Repurchase Agreement, as amended, expires on July 18, 2016, and borrowings thereunder bear interest at LIBOR plus 2.00% per annum, with a minimum rate of 2.00%. At July 31, 2015, the interest rate on the Repurchase Agreement was 2.19% per annum. In addition, we are subject to an under usage fee based on outstanding balances, as defined in the Repurchase Agreement. At July 31, 2015, we had $100.0 million of outstanding borrowings under the Repurchase Agreement.

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7. Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses at July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014 consisted of the following (amounts in thousands):
 
July 31,
2015
 
October 31,
2014
Land, land development, and construction
$
108,971

 
$
124,816

Compensation and employee benefits
118,379

 
118,607

Self-insurance
118,572

 
100,407

Warranty
79,005

 
86,282

Interest
35,017

 
33,993

Commitments to unconsolidated entities
5,241

 
3,293

Other
114,083

 
114,079

 
$
579,268

 
$
581,477

Prior to the third quarter of fiscal 2014, we received stucco-related claims in certain completed communities located in Pennsylvania and Delaware, which are in our Mid-Atlantic region. During the third quarter of fiscal 2014, the rate of claims increased. Through the third quarter of fiscal 2014, we believed that our warranty accruals, self-insurance accruals, and liability insurance were adequate to cover our cost of repairs for those claims. The rate of claims continued to increase during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014. In response, we undertook a comprehensive review of homes in completed communities built during fiscal 2003 through fiscal 2009 in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Our review revealed that additional stucco-related repairs will likely be needed in certain communities. As of October 31, 2014, we estimated our potential liability for known and unknown claims to be approximately $54.0 million, of which we expect to recover approximately 40% from our outside insurance carriers. In addition to previously recognized warranty and self-insurance accruals, we recognized a $25.0 million additional charge in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 for estimated repair costs. Our review included an analysis of the number of claims received, our inspection to date of homes, an estimate of the number of homes we expect to repair and the extent of such repairs, and the amount of warranty and self-insurance reserves already recorded. We continue to review our potential liability for these claims, and we believe that at July 31, 2015, our existing reserves and insurance were sufficient. We will continue to review and analyze these claims as they are submitted, and, due to the degree of judgment required and the potential for variability in our underlying assumptions, our actual future costs could differ from those estimated. The above charge was included in “Cost of revenues” in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2014.
We have received construction claims brought by three related multifamily community associations in the West region alleging issues with design and construction and damage to exterior common area elements. We believe we have coverage under multiple owner-controlled insurance policies with deductibles or self-insured retention requirements that vary from policy year to policy year. Our review of these matters is ongoing, and, due to the degree of judgment required, the potential for variability in our underlying assumptions, and the availability of insurance coverage, our actual future costs could differ from our estimates. Based on our current evaluation of these claims, we recorded a charge of $5.8 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2015, which is included in “Cost of revenues” in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

We do not believe that any resolution of the above matters in excess of the amounts currently accrued would be material to our financial condition.

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We accrue for expected warranty costs at the time each home is closed and title and possession are transferred to the home buyer. Warranty costs are accrued based upon historical experience. The table below provides, for the periods indicated, a reconciliation of the changes in our warranty accrual (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Balance, beginning of period
$
86,282

 
$
43,819

 
$
83,057

 
$
52,579

Additions – homes closed during the period
13,200

 
12,272

 
4,947

 
4,970

Addition – Shapell liabilities acquired


 
11,044

 


 
1,800

Increase in accruals for homes closed in prior years
1,763

 
2,003

 
454

 
581

Charges incurred
(22,240
)
 
(14,911
)
 
(9,453
)
 
(5,703
)
Balance, end of period
$
79,005

 
$
54,227

 
$
79,005

 
$
54,227

8. Income Taxes
We recorded an income tax provision of $102.0 million and $107.5 million for the nine months ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended July 31, 2015, was 32.1%, compared to 34.0% for the nine months ended July 31, 2014. The income tax provisions for both periods included tax benefits related to the utilization of domestic production activities deductions and other permanent differences, offset by the provision for state income taxes and interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits. The income tax provision for the nine months ended July 31, 2015, also benefited from a $13.7 million reversal of a previously recognized tax provision related to a settlement with a taxing jurisdiction. The income tax provision for the nine months ended July 31, 2014 also benefited from the reversal of a previously recognized tax provision related to the expiration of the statute of limitations and the settlement of a state income tax audit.
We recorded an income tax provision of $40.7 million and $53.6 million for the three months ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The effective tax rate for the three months ended July 31, 2015, was 37.9%, compared to 35.4% for the three months ended July 31, 2014. The income tax provisions for both periods included the provision for state income taxes and interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits offset by benefits related to the utilization of domestic production activities deductions and other permanent differences.
We currently operate in 19 states and are subject to various state tax jurisdictions. We estimate our state tax liability based upon the individual taxing authorities’ regulations, estimates of income by taxing jurisdiction, and our ability to utilize certain tax-saving strategies. Based on our estimate of the allocation of income or loss among the various taxing jurisdictions and changes in tax regulations and their impact on our tax strategies, we estimate our rate for the full fiscal year for state income taxes at 6.7% and 7.2% for fiscal 2015 and 2014, respectively.
For state tax purposes, due to past and projected losses in certain jurisdictions where we do not have carryback potential and/or cannot sufficiently forecast future taxable income, we recognized net cumulative valuation allowances against our state deferred tax assets of $42.4 million and $43.8 million as of July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, respectively.
At July 31, 2015, we had $40.7 million of gross unrecognized tax benefits, including interest and penalties. If these unrecognized tax benefits were to reverse in the future, they would have a beneficial impact on our effective tax rate at that time. During the next 12 months, it is reasonably possible that our unrecognized tax benefits may decrease slightly, primarily due to the expiration of certain statutes of limitations and potential settlements with taxing jurisdictions.
9. Stock-Based Benefit Plans
We grant stock options and various types of restricted stock units to our employees and our nonemployee directors. Additionally, we have an employee stock purchase plan that allows employees to purchase our stock at a discount.
Information regarding the amount of total stock-based compensation expense and tax benefit recognized by us, for the periods indicated, is as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Total stock-based compensation expense recognized
$
17,694

 
$
16,985

 
$
5,142

 
$
4,691

Income tax benefit recognized
$
6,694

 
$
6,388

 
$
1,958

 
$
1,769


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At July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the aggregate unamortized value of outstanding stock-based compensation awards was approximately $30.1 million and $24.0 million, respectively.
10. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The tables below provide, for the periods indicated, the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss (amounts in thousands):
 
 
Nine months ended July 31, 2015
 
 
Employee retirement plans
 
Available-for-sale securities
 
Derivative instruments
 
Total
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
(2,789
)
 
$
(2
)
 
$
(47
)
 
$
(2,838
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications
 
(754
)
 
3

 
(3
)
 
(754
)
Gross amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income
 
655

 

 


 
655

Income tax benefit (expense)
 
37

 
(1
)
 
1

 
37

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
 
(62
)
 
2

 
(2
)
 
(62
)
Balance, end of period
 
$
(2,851
)
 
$

 
$
(49
)
 
$
(2,900
)
 
 
Nine months ended July 31, 2014
 
 
Employee retirement plans
 
Available-for-sale securities
 
Derivative instruments
 
Total
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
(2,112
)
 
$
(5
)
 
$
(270
)
 
$
(2,387
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
 
(247
)
 
(15
)
 
324

 
62

Gross amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
 
495

 
(6
)
 

 
489

Income tax (expense) benefit
 
(95
)
 
7

 
(126
)
 
(214
)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
 
153

 
(14
)
 
198

 
337

Balance, end of period
 
$
(1,959
)
 
$
(19
)
 
$
(72
)
 
$
(2,050
)
 
 
Three months ended July 31, 2015
 
 
Employee retirement plans
 
Available-for-sale securities
 
Derivative instruments
 
Total
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
(2,990
)
 
$

 
$
(61
)
 
$
(3,051
)
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications
 

 

 
19

 
19

Gross amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income
 
223

 

 

 
223

Income tax expense
 
(84
)
 

 
(7
)
 
(91
)
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
 
139

 

 
12

 
151

Balance, end of period
 
$
(2,851
)
 
$

 
$
(49
)
 
$
(2,900
)
 
 
Three months ended July 31, 2014
 
 
Employee retirement plans
 
Available-for-sale securities
 
Derivative instruments
 
Total
Balance, beginning of period
 
$
(1,956
)
 
$
(27
)
 
$
(47
)
 
$
(2,030
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications
 
(170
)
 
14

 
(41
)
 
(197
)
Gross amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income
 
167

 

 

 
167

Income tax benefit (expense)
 

 
(6
)
 
16

 
10

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
 
(3
)
 
8

 
(25
)
 
(20
)
Balance, end of period
 
$
(1,959
)
 
$
(19
)
 
$
(72
)
 
$
(2,050
)

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Reclassifications for the amortization of the employee retirement plans are included in “Selling, general and administrative” expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Reclassifications for the realized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are included in “Other income – net” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.
11. Stock Issuance and Stock Repurchase Program

Stock Issuance
    
In November 2013, in anticipation of the Acquisition, we issued 7.2 million shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a price to the public of $32.00 per share. We received $220.4 million of net proceeds from the issuance.
Stock Repurchase Program
In March 2003, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 20 million shares of our common stock in open market transactions or otherwise for the purpose of providing shares for our various employee benefit plans.
On December 16, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of 20 million shares of our common stock in open market transactions or otherwise for the purpose of providing shares for the Company’s equity award and other employee benefit plans and for any other additional purpose or purposes as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Additionally, our Board of Directors terminated, effective December 31, 2014, our March 2003 share repurchase program. The table below provides, for the periods indicated, information about our share repurchase programs:
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Number of shares purchased (in thousands)
214

 
10

 
3

 
5

Average price per share
$
31.50

 
$
35.03

 
$
37.64

 
$
35.42

Remaining authorization at July 31 (in thousands)
19,986

 
8,258

 
19,986

 
8,258

12. Income per Share Information
The table below provides, for the periods indicated, information pertaining to the calculation of income per share, common stock equivalents, weighted-average number of antidilutive options, and shares issued (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Numerator:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income as reported
$
216,004

 
$
208,508

 
$
66,749

 
$
97,707

Plus interest and costs attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes, net of income tax benefit
1,179

 
1,185

 
393

 
396

Numerator for diluted earnings per share
$
217,183

 
$
209,693

 
$
67,142

 
$
98,103

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Denominator:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted-average shares
176,443

 
177,591

 
176,797

 
178,217

Common stock equivalents (a)
2,391

 
2,495

 
2,478

 
2,426

Shares attributable to 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes
5,858

 
5,858

 
5,858

 
5,858

Diluted weighted-average shares
184,692

 
185,944

 
185,133

 
186,501

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average number of antidilutive options and restricted stock units (b)
1,918

 
1,560

 
1,572

 
1,830

Shares issued under stock incentive and employee stock purchase plans
1,320

 
1,362

 
55

 
138

(a)
Common stock equivalents represent the dilutive effect of outstanding in-the-money stock options using the treasury stock method and shares expected to be issued under performance-based restricted stock units and nonperformance-based restricted stock units.
(b)
Weighted-average number of antidilutive options and restricted stock units are based upon the average closing price of our common stock on the NYSE for the period.

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13. Fair Value Disclosures
Financial Instruments
The table below provides, as of the dates indicated, a summary of assets (liabilities) related to our financial instruments, measured at fair value on a recurring basis (amounts in thousands):
 
 
 
Fair value
Financial Instrument
Fair value
hierarchy
 
July 31,
2015
 
October 31, 2014
Marketable Securities
Level 2
 
$
10,008

 
$
12,026

Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
Level 2
 
$
127,405

 
$
101,944

Forward Loan Commitments — Residential Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
Level 2
 
$
516

 
$
(341
)
Interest Rate Lock Commitments (“IRLCs”)
Level 2
 
$
(858
)
 
$
(108
)
Forward Loan Commitments — IRLCs
Level 2
 
$
858

 
$
108

At July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014, the carrying value of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash approximated fair value.
Marketable Securities
The fair value of our marketable securities approximates the amortized cost basis as of July 31, 2015 and October 31, 2014. The estimated fair values of marketable securities are based on quoted prices provided by brokers. The remaining contractual maturity of marketable securities as of July 31, 2015 was four months.
Mortgage Loans Held for Sale
The table below provides, as of the dates indicated, the aggregate unpaid principal and fair value of mortgage loans held for sale (amounts in thousands):
 
Aggregate unpaid
principal balance
 
Fair value
 
Excess
At July 31, 2015
$
126,642

 
$
127,405

 
$
763

At October 31, 2014
$
100,463

 
$
101,944

 
$
1,481

At the end of the reporting period, we determine the fair value of our mortgage loans held for sale and the forward loan commitments we have entered into as a hedge against the interest rate risk of our mortgage loans using the market approach to determine fair value. The evaluation is based on the current market pricing of mortgage loans with similar terms and values as of the reporting date and the application of such pricing to the mortgage loan portfolio. We recognize the difference between the fair value and the unpaid principal balance of mortgage loans held for sale as a gain or loss. In addition, we recognize the fair value of our forward loan commitments as a gain or loss. These gains and losses are included in “Other income – net” in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Interest income on mortgage loans held for sale is calculated based upon the stated interest rate of each loan and is included in “Other income – net.”
IRLCs represent individual borrower agreements that commit us to lend at a specified price for a specified period as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the commitment contract. These commitments have varying degrees of interest rate risk. We utilize best efforts forward loan commitments (“Forward Commitments”) to hedge the interest rate risk of the IRLCs and residential mortgage loans held for sale. Forward Commitments represent contracts with third-party investors for the future delivery of loans whereby we agree to make delivery at a specified future date at a specified price. The IRLCs and Forward Commitments are considered derivative financial instruments under ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” which requires derivative financial instruments to be recorded at fair value. We estimate the fair value of such commitments based on the estimated fair value of the underlying mortgage loan and, in the case of IRLCs, the probability that the mortgage loan will fund within the terms of the IRLC. The fair values of IRLCs and forward loan commitments are included in either “Receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets” or “Accrued expenses” in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, as appropriate. To manage the risk of non-performance of investors regarding the Forward Commitments, we assess the credit worthiness of the investors on a periodic basis.

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Inventory
We recognize inventory impairment charges based on the difference in the carrying value of the inventory and its fair value at the time of the evaluation. The fair value of the aforementioned inventory was determined using Level 3 criteria. Estimated fair value is primarily determined by discounting the estimated future cash flow of each community. See Note 1, “Significant Accounting Policies – Inventory” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2014, for additional information regarding our methodology for determining fair value. As further discussed in Note 1 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2014, determining the fair value of a community’s inventory involves a number of variables, many of which are interrelated. If we had used a different input for any of the various unobservable inputs used in our impairment analysis, the results of the analysis might have been different, absent any other changes. The table below summarizes, for the periods indicated, the ranges of certain quantitative unobservable inputs utilized in determining the fair value of impaired operating communities:
Three months ended:
Selling price per unit
(in thousands)
 
Sales pace per year
(in units)
 
Discount rate
Fiscal 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
January 31
$289 - $680
 
1 - 7
 
13.5% - 16.0%
April 30
$527 - $600
 
13 - 25
 
17.0%
July 31
$788 - $1,298
 
4 - 8
 
15.5% -16.2%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fiscal 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
January 31
$388 - $405
 
21 - 23
 
16.6%
April 30
$634 - $760
 
4 - 7
 
12.0% - 15.3%
July 31
$698 - $1,233
 
10 - 22
 
15.9%
October 31
$337 - $902
 
7 - 23
 
12.5% - 16.5%
The table below provides, for the periods indicated, the fair value of operating communities whose carrying value was adjusted and the amount of impairment charges recognized ($ amounts in thousands):
 
 
 
Impaired operating communities
Three months ended:
Number of
communities tested
 
Number of
communities
 
Fair value of
communities,
net of
impairment charges
 
Impairment charges
Fiscal 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
January 31
58
 
4
 
$
24,968

 
$
900

April 30
52
 
1
 
$
16,235

 
11,100

July 31
40
 
3
 
$
13,527

 
6,000

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
18,000

Fiscal 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
January 31
67
 
1
 
$
7,131

 
$
1,300

April 30
65
 
2
 
$
6,211

 
1,600

July 31
63
 
1
 
$
14,122

 
4,800

October 31
55
 
7
 
$
38,473

 
9,855

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
17,555



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Debt
The table below provides, as of the dates indicated, the book value and estimated fair value of our debt (amounts in thousands):
 
 
 
July 31, 2015
 
October 31, 2014
 
Fair value
hierarchy
 
Book value
 
Estimated
fair value
 
Book value
 
Estimated
fair value
Loans payable (a)
Level 2
 
$
866,876

 
$
866,256

 
$
654,261

 
$
652,944

Senior notes (b)
Level 1
 
2,357,376

 
2,552,929

 
2,657,376

 
2,821,559

Mortgage company loan facility (c)
Level 2
 
100,000

 
100,000

 
90,281

 
90,281

 
 
 
$
3,324,252

 
$
3,519,185

 
$
3,401,918

 
$
3,564,784

(a)
The estimated fair value of loans payable was based upon contractual cash flows discounted at interest rates that we believed were available to us for loans with similar terms and remaining maturities as of the applicable valuation date.
(b)
The estimated fair value of our senior notes is based upon their market prices as of the applicable valuation date.
(c)
We believe that the carrying value of our mortgage company loan borrowings approximates their fair value.
14. Other Income – Net
The table below provides, for the periods indicated, the components of other income – net (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Interest income
$
1,754

 
$
2,111

 
$
568

 
$
222

Income from ancillary businesses
18,392

 
6,153

 
4,667

 
2,203

Gibraltar
4,907

 
10,219

 
888

 
4,505

Management fee income from unconsolidated entities
9,441

 
4,294

 
3,051

 
1,840

Retained customer deposits
3,735

 
2,597

 
1,423

 
1,287

Income from land sales
10,302

 
21,042

 
2,952

 
9,855

Directly expensed interest

 
(656
)
 

 

Other
1,474

 
2,613

 
521

 
819

Total other income – net
$
50,005

 
$
48,373

 
$
14,070

 
$
20,731

In the nine months ended July 31, 2015, our security monitoring business recognized an $8.1 million gain from a bulk sale of security monitoring accounts, which is included in income from ancillary businesses above. In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014, income from land sales includes $2.9 million of previously deferred gains on our initial sales of the properties to Trust II as further described in Note 4, “Investments in Unconsolidated Entities.”
Income from ancillary businesses includes our mortgage, title, landscaping, security monitoring, and golf course and country club operations. The table below provides, for the periods indicated, revenues and expenses for our ancillary businesses (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenue
$
88,244

 
$
70,736

 
$
32,017

 
$
26,988

Expense
$
69,852

 
$
64,583

 
$
27,350

 
$
24,785

The table below provides, for the periods indicated, revenues and expenses recognized from land sales (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenue
$
139,027

 
$
174,576

 
$
12,281

 
$
76,424

Deferred gain on land sale to joint venture
(9,260
)
 


 


 


Expense
(119,465
)
 
(153,534
)
 
(9,329
)
 
(66,569
)
Income from land sales
$
10,302

 
$
21,042

 
$
2,952

 
$
9,855


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Land sale revenues for the nine months ended July 31, 2015, include $78.5 million related to property sold to a Home Building Joint Venture in which we have a 25% interest. Due to our continued involvement in the joint venture through our ownership interest and guarantees provided on the joint venture’s debt, we deferred the $9.3 million gain realized on the sale. We will recognize the gain as units are sold to the ultimate home buyers. See Note 4, “Investments in Unconsolidated Entities,” for more information on this transaction.
15. Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Proceedings
We are involved in various claims and litigation arising principally in the ordinary course of business. We believe that adequate provision for resolution of all current claims and pending litigation has been made for probable losses. We believe that the disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and liquidity or on our financial condition.
Investments in Unconsolidated Entities
At July 31, 2015, we had investments in a number of unconsolidated entities, were committed to invest or advance additional funds, and had guaranteed a portion of the indebtedness and/or loan commitments of these entities. See Note 4, “Investments in Unconsolidated Entities,” for more information regarding our commitments to these entities.
Land Purchase Commitments
Generally, our purchase agreements to acquire land parcels do not require us to purchase those land parcels, although we, in some cases, forfeit any deposit balance outstanding if and when we terminate a purchase agreement. If market conditions are weak, approvals needed to develop the land are uncertain, or other factors exist that make the purchase undesirable, we may choose not to acquire the land. Whether a purchase agreement is legally terminated or not, we review the amount recorded for the land parcel subject to the purchase agreement to determine whether the amount is recoverable. While we may not formally terminate the purchase agreements for those land parcels that we do not expect to acquire, we write off any nonrefundable deposits and costs previously capitalized to such land parcels in the periods that we determine such costs are not recoverable.
Information regarding our land purchase commitments, as of the dates indicated, is provided in the table below (amounts in thousands):
 
July 31, 2015
 
October 31, 2014
Aggregate purchase commitments:
 
 
 
Unrelated parties
$
1,091,833

 
$
1,043,654

Unconsolidated entities that the Company has investments in
171,624

 
184,260

Total
$
1,263,457

 
$
1,227,914

Deposits against aggregate purchase commitments
$
76,204

 
$
103,422

Additional cash required to acquire land
1,187,253

 
1,124,492

Total
$
1,263,457

 
$
1,227,914

Amount of additional cash required to acquire land in accrued expenses
$
1,282

 
$
764

At July 31, 2015, we had a purchase commitment or understandings to acquire 451 home sites from two of our Land Development Joint Ventures for an aggregate purchase price of $171.6 million. In addition, we expect to purchase approximately 3,200 additional home sites over a number of years from several joint ventures in which we have interests; the purchase prices of these home sites will be determined at a future date.
At July 31, 2015, we also had purchase commitments to acquire land for apartment developments of approximately $58.2 million, of which we had outstanding deposits in the amount of $1.5 million.
In November 2014, we closed on a 99-year ground lease on land located within New York City where we are developing a high-rise luxury cooperative-owned residential building. In August 2014, we paid $4.7 million representing two years of prepaid rent under the ground lease. Pursuant to the terms of the ground lease, in the third quarter of fiscal 2015, we made an additional payment of $17.3 million when final approvals were received. As we deliver homes to our home buyers, the obligation under this lease will transfer to the building’s cooperative. We expect to deliver all homes by the end of our fiscal year 2018; therefore, we have included two years of additional rent payments totaling $4.7 million that we expect to pay which is also included in “Aggregate purchase commitments - Unrelated parties” above.

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We have additional land parcels under option that have been excluded from the aforementioned aggregate purchase amounts since we do not believe that we will complete the purchase of these land parcels and no additional funds will be required from us to terminate these contracts.
Surety Bonds and Letters of Credit
At July 31, 2015, we had outstanding surety bonds amounting to $628.8 million, primarily related to our obligations to governmental entities to construct improvements in our communities. We estimate that $351.1 million of work remains on these improvements. We have an additional $114.1 million of surety bonds outstanding that guarantee other obligations. We do not believe that it is probable that any outstanding bonds will be drawn upon.
At July 31, 2015, we had outstanding letters of credit of $103.8 million under our Credit Facility. These letters of credit were issued to secure our various financial obligations, including insurance policy deductibles and other claims, land deposits, and security to complete improvements in communities in which we are operating. We do not believe that it is probable that any outstanding letters of credit will be drawn upon.
Backlog
At July 31, 2015, we had agreements of sale outstanding to deliver 4,447 homes with an aggregate sales value of $3.69 billion.
Mortgage Commitments
Our mortgage subsidiary provides mortgage financing for a portion of our home closings. For those home buyers to whom our mortgage subsidiary provides mortgages, we determine whether the home buyer qualifies for the mortgage based upon information provided by the home buyer and other sources. For those home buyers who qualify, our mortgage subsidiary provides the home buyer with a mortgage commitment that specifies the terms and conditions of a proposed mortgage loan based upon then-current market conditions. Prior to the actual closing of the home and funding of the mortgage, the home buyer will lock in an interest rate based upon the terms of the commitment. At the time of rate lock, our mortgage subsidiary agrees to sell the proposed mortgage loan to one of several outside recognized mortgage financing institutions (“investors”) that is willing to honor the terms and conditions, including interest rate, committed to the home buyer. We believe that these investors have adequate financial resources to honor their commitments to our mortgage subsidiary.
Information regarding our mortgage commitments, as of the dates indicated, is provided in the table below (amounts in thousands):
 
July 31,
2015
 
October 31, 2014
Aggregate mortgage loan commitments:
 
 
 
IRLCs
$
389,441

 
$
191,604

Non-IRLCs
826,100

 
709,401

Total
$
1,215,541

 
$
901,005

Investor commitments to purchase:
 
 
 
IRLCs
$
389,441

 
$
191,604

Mortgage loans receivable
120,328

 
93,261

Total
$
509,769

 
$
284,865


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16. Information on Operating Segments
We operate in two reportable segments: traditional home building and urban infill. We build and sell homes in traditional home building markets consisting of detached and attached homes in luxury residential communities located in affluent suburban markets that cater to move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, age-qualified, and second-home buyers in the United States (“Traditional Home Building”). We also build and sell homes in urban infill markets through Toll Brothers City Living® (“City Living”).
We have determined that our Traditional Home Building operations operate in four geographic segments: North, Mid-Atlantic, South, and West. The states comprising each geographic segment are as follows:
North:    Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York
Mid-Atlantic:    Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
South:    Florida, North Carolina, and Texas
West:    Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Washington
Revenue and income (loss) before income taxes for each of our reportable and geographic segments, for the periods indicated, were as follows (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
$
463,159

 
$
428,415

 
$
180,705

 
$
163,530

Mid-Atlantic
579,195

 
552,362

 
228,304

 
202,791

South
611,288

 
576,589

 
233,504

 
239,902

West
895,397

 
889,476

 
324,988

 
381,640

Traditional Home Building
2,549,039

 
2,446,842

 
967,501

 
987,863

City Living
185,007

 
114,070

 
60,510

 
68,994

Total
$
2,734,046

 
$
2,560,912

 
$
1,028,011

 
$
1,056,857

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
$
27,918

 
$
34,892

 
$
14,487

 
$
17,740

Mid-Atlantic
50,251

 
72,427

 
9,432

 
26,518

South
100,960

 
77,642

 
38,360

 
36,690

West
145,495

 
153,371

 
53,866

 
73,859

Traditional Home Building
324,624

 
338,332

 
116,145

 
154,807

City Living
80,314

 
35,351

 
22,309

 
26,387

Corporate and other
(86,919
)
 
(57,639
)
 
(30,990
)
 
(29,869
)
Total
$
318,019

 
$
316,044

 
$
107,464

 
$
151,325

“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of general corporate expenses such as the offices of our executive officers; the corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, information technology, marketing, and legal groups; interest income; income from certain of our ancillary businesses, including Gibraltar; and income from a number of our unconsolidated entities.

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Total assets for each of our reportable and geographic segments, as of the dates indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
 
July 31,
2015
 
October 31,
2014
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
North
$
1,082,469

 
$
1,053,787

Mid-Atlantic
1,278,025

 
1,267,563

South
1,243,930

 
1,165,600

West
2,911,580

 
2,676,164

Traditional Home Building
6,516,004

 
6,163,114

City Living
898,451

 
834,949

Corporate and other
1,216,440

 
1,418,839

Total
$
8,630,895

 
$
8,416,902

“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, restricted cash, deferred tax assets, the assets of our Gibraltar investments, manufacturing facilities, and our mortgage subsidiary.
Inventory for each of our reportable and geographic segments, as of the dates indicated, is shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
 
Land controlled for future communities
 
Land owned for future communities
 
Operating communities
 
Total
Balances at April 30, 2015:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
$
12,097

 
$
176,753

 
$
865,117

 
$
1,053,967

Mid-Atlantic
32,616

 
251,726

 
953,884

 
1,238,226

South
4,223

 
286,806

 
776,280

 
1,067,309

West
26,136

 
1,140,623

 
1,649,494

 
2,816,253

Traditional Home Building
75,072

 
1,855,908

 
4,244,775

 
6,175,755

City Living
1,299

 
488,797

 
325,027

 
815,123

 
$
76,371

 
$
2,344,705

 
$
4,569,802

 
$
6,990,878

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balances at October 31, 2014:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
$
12,007

 
$
171,780

 
$
834,266

 
$
1,018,053

Mid-Atlantic
29,169

 
209,506

 
994,859

 
1,233,534

South
10,971

 
219,904

 
793,835

 
1,024,710

West
22,122

 
1,391,028

 
1,177,820

 
2,590,970

Traditional Home Building
74,269

 
1,992,218

 
3,800,780

 
5,867,267

City Living
48,264

 
363,656

 
211,134

 
623,054

 
$
122,533

 
$
2,355,874

 
$
4,011,914

 
$
6,490,321

The amounts we have provided for inventory impairment charges and the expensing of costs that we believed not to be recoverable for each our of geographic segments, for the periods indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
$
14,347

 
$
3,198

 
$
2,805

 
$
51

Mid-Atlantic
15,793

 
5,865

 
15,158

 
5,539

South
720

 
704

 
6

 
365

West
419

 
131

 


 
37

Total
$
31,279

 
$
9,898

 
$
17,969

 
$
5,992


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Investments in unconsolidated entities for each of our reportable and geographic segments, as of the dates indicated, are shown in the table below (amounts in thousands):
 
 
July 31,
2015
 
October 31,
2014
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
 
Mid-Atlantic
 
$
12,167

 
$
11,841

South
 
99,888

 
98,362

West
 
53,140

 
59,573

Traditional Home Building
 
165,195

 
169,776

City Living
 
49,488

 
159,953

Corporate and other
 
120,242

 
117,349

Total
 
$
334,925

 
$
447,078

“Corporate and other” is comprised of our investments in the Rental Property Joint Ventures (including the Trust and Trust II) and the Structured Asset Joint Venture. In the first quarter of fiscal 2015, a Rental Property Joint Venture that was previously included in the Mid-Atlantic geographic segment was reclassified to “Corporate and other.” Our investment balance in this joint venture at October 31, 2014, of $12.4 million, was reclassified in the table above to conform to the fiscal 2015 presentation.

17. Supplemental Disclosure to Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
The following are supplemental disclosures to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, for the periods indicated (amounts in thousands): 
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Cash flow information:
 
 
 
Interest paid, net of amount capitalized
$
10,897

 


Interest capitalized, net of amount paid

 
$
183

Income tax payments
$
162,390

 
$
37,622

Income tax refunds
$
16,916

 


Noncash activity:
 
 
 
Cost of inventory acquired through seller financing or municipal bonds, net
$
51,980

 
$
88,646

Reduction in inventory for our share of joint venture earnings in land purchased from unconsolidated entities and allocation of basis difference
$
4,309

 
$
3,987

Defined benefit plan amendment
$
754

 
$
247

Increase in accrued expenses related to Stock Price-Based Restricted Stock Units paid


 
$
5,035

Transfer of inventory to investment in unconsolidated entities


 
$
700

Transfer of investment in unconsolidated entity to inventory
$
132,256

 
$
2,704

Transfer of other assets to investment in unconsolidated entities
$
4,852

 


Unrealized (loss) gain on derivatives held by equity investees
$
(2
)
 
$
324

Increase in investments in unconsolidated entities for change in the fair value of debt guarantees
$
1,575

 
$
658

Miscellaneous increases (decreases) to investments in unconsolidated entities
$
119

 
$
(1,787
)
Acquisition of a Business:
 
 
 
Fair value of assets purchased, excluding cash acquired


 
$
1,524,964

Liabilities assumed


 
$
35,848

Cash paid, net of cash acquired


 
$
1,489,116


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18. Supplemental Guarantor Information
Our 100%-owned subsidiary, Toll Brothers Finance Corp. (the “Subsidiary Issuer”), has issued the following Senior Notes (amounts in thousands):
 
 
Original amount issued and amount outstanding at
 
 
July 31, 2015
8.91% Senior Notes due 2017
 
$
400,000

4.0% Senior Notes due 2018
 
$
350,000

6.75% Senior Notes due 2019
 
$
250,000

5.875% Senior Notes due 2022
 
$
419,876

4.375% Senior Notes due 2023
 
$
400,000

5.625% Senior Notes due 2024
 
$
250,000

0.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2032
 
$
287,500

The obligations of the Subsidiary Issuer to pay principal, premiums, if any, and interest are guaranteed jointly and severally on a senior basis by us and substantially all of our 100%-owned home building subsidiaries (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”). The guarantees are full and unconditional. Our non-home building subsidiaries and several of our home building subsidiaries (together, the “Nonguarantor Subsidiaries”) do not guarantee the debt. The Subsidiary Issuer generates no operating revenues and does not have any independent operations other than the financing of our other subsidiaries by lending the proceeds from the above-described debt issuances. The indentures under which the Senior Notes were issued provide that any of our subsidiaries that provide a guarantee of our obligations under the Credit Facility will guarantee the Senior Notes. The indentures further provide that any Guarantor Subsidiary may be released from its guarantee so long as (i) no default or event of default exists or would result from release of such guarantee; (ii) the Guarantor Subsidiary being released has consolidated net worth of less than 5% of the Company’s consolidated net worth as of the end of our most recent fiscal quarter; (iii) the Guarantor Subsidiaries released from their guarantees in any fiscal year comprise in the aggregate less than 10% (or 15% if and to the extent necessary to permit the cure of a default) of our consolidated net worth as of the end of our most recent fiscal quarter; (iv) such release would not have a material adverse effect on our and our subsidiaries’ home building business; and (v) the Guarantor Subsidiary is released from its guaranty under the Credit Facility. If there are no guarantors under the Credit Facility, all Guarantor Subsidiaries under the indentures will be released from their guarantees.
Separate financial statements and other disclosures concerning the Guarantor Subsidiaries are not presented because management has determined that such disclosures would not be material to investors.
Supplemental consolidating financial information of Toll Brothers, Inc., the Subsidiary Issuer, the Guarantor Subsidiaries, the Nonguarantor Subsidiaries, and the eliminations to arrive at Toll Brothers, Inc. on a consolidated basis is presented below ($ amounts in thousands).

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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet at July 31, 2015:
 
Toll
Brothers,
Inc.
 
Subsidiary
Issuer
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents

 

 
264,661

 
130,147

 

 
394,808

Marketable securities

 

 


 
10,008

 

 
10,008

Restricted cash
15,176

 

 
1,295

 
1,449

 

 
17,920

Inventory

 

 
6,514,285

 
476,593

 

 
6,990,878

Property, construction and office equipment, net

 

 
122,704

 
15,893

 

 
138,597

Receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets
96

 
14,165

 
172,371

 
124,971

 
(35,844
)
 
275,759

Mortgage loans held for sale

 

 

 
127,405

 

 
127,405

Customer deposits held in escrow

 

 
46,748

 
1,548

 

 
48,296

Investments in unconsolidated entities

 

 
117,890

 
217,035

 

 
334,925

Investments in foreclosed real estate and distressed loans

 

 


 
59,459

 

 
59,459

Investments in and advances to consolidated entities
3,933,234

 
2,385,178

 
4,740

 


 
(6,323,152
)
 

Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances
232,840

 


 


 


 


 
232,840

 
4,181,346

 
2,399,343

 
7,244,694

 
1,164,508

 
(6,358,996
)
 
8,630,895

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans payable

 

 
866,876

 


 

 
866,876

Senior notes

 
2,333,761

 

 

 
22,307

 
2,356,068

Mortgage company loan facility

 

 

 
100,000

 

 
100,000

Customer deposits

 

 
287,588

 
12,023

 

 
299,611

Accounts payable

 

 
242,439

 
331

 

 
242,770

Accrued expenses

 
33,316

 
366,699

 
217,141

 
(37,888
)
 
579,268

Advances from consolidated entities

 


 
1,654,104

 
786,914

 
(2,441,018
)
 

Income taxes payable
60,316

 

 

 


 

 
60,316

Total liabilities
60,316

 
2,367,077

 
3,417,706

 
1,116,409

 
(2,456,599
)
 
4,504,909

Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stockholders’ equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock
1,779

 

 
48

 
3,006

 
(3,054
)
 
1,779

Additional paid-in capital
728,501

 
49,400

 


 
1,734

 
(51,134
)
 
728,501

Retained earnings (deficits)
3,448,039

 
(17,134
)
 
3,826,989

 
38,354

 
(3,848,209
)
 
3,448,039

Treasury stock, at cost
(54,438
)
 

 

 

 

 
(54,438
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(2,851
)
 

 
(49
)
 

 


 
(2,900
)
Total stockholders’ equity
4,121,030

 
32,266

 
3,826,988

 
43,094

 
(3,902,397
)
 
4,120,981

Noncontrolling interest

 

 

 
5,005

 

 
5,005

Total equity
4,121,030

 
32,266

 
3,826,988

 
48,099

 
(3,902,397
)
 
4,125,986

 
4,181,346

 
2,399,343

 
7,244,694

 
1,164,508

 
(6,358,996
)
 
8,630,895


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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet at October 31, 2014:
 
Toll
Brothers,
Inc.
 
Subsidiary
Issuer
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents

 

 
455,714

 
130,601

 

 
586,315

Marketable securities

 

 
1,997

 
10,029

 

 
12,026

Restricted cash
15,211

 

 
2,070

 
1,061

 

 
18,342

Inventory

 

 
6,260,303

 
230,018

 

 
6,490,321

Property, construction and office equipment, net

 

 
126,586

 
16,424

 

 
143,010

Receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets


 
16,802

 
114,863

 
137,496

 
(17,589
)
 
251,572

Mortgage loans held for sale

 

 

 
101,944

 

 
101,944

Customer deposits held in escrow

 

 
39,912

 
2,161

 

 
42,073

Investments in unconsolidated entities

 

 
132,096

 
314,982

 

 
447,078

Investments in foreclosed real estate and distressed loans


 


 


 
73,800

 


 
73,800

Investments in and advances to consolidated entities
3,714,788

 
2,677,448

 
4,740

 


 
(6,396,976
)
 

Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowances
250,421

 


 


 


 


 
250,421

 
3,980,420

 
2,694,250

 
7,138,281

 
1,018,516

 
(6,414,565
)
 
8,416,902

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans payable

 

 
653,269

 
992

 

 
654,261

Senior notes

 
2,625,712

 

 

 
29,332

 
2,655,044

Mortgage company loan facility

 

 

 
90,281

 

 
90,281

Customer deposits

 

 
221,084

 
2,715

 

 
223,799

Accounts payable

 

 
225,106

 
241

 

 
225,347

Accrued expenses

 
31,906

 
386,223

 
181,649

 
(18,301
)
 
581,477

Advances from consolidated entities

 


 
2,018,981

 
708,167

 
(2,727,148
)
 

Income taxes payable
125,996

 

 

 


 

 
125,996

Total liabilities
125,996

 
2,657,618

 
3,504,663

 
984,045

 
(2,716,117
)
 
4,556,205

Equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stockholders’ equity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock
1,779

 

 
48

 
3,006

 
(3,054
)
 
1,779

Additional paid-in capital
712,162

 
49,400

 


 
1,734

 
(51,134
)
 
712,162

Retained earnings (deficits)
3,232,035

 
(12,768
)
 
3,633,618

 
23,410

 
(3,644,260
)
 
3,232,035

Treasury stock, at cost
(88,762
)
 

 

 

 

 
(88,762
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(2,790
)
 

 
(48
)
 

 


 
(2,838
)
Total stockholders’ equity
3,854,424

 
36,632

 
3,633,618

 
28,150

 
(3,698,448
)
 
3,854,376

Noncontrolling interest

 

 

 
6,321

 

 
6,321

Total equity
3,854,424

 
36,632

 
3,633,618

 
34,471

 
(3,698,448
)
 
3,860,697

 
3,980,420

 
2,694,250

 
7,138,281

 
1,018,516

 
(6,414,565
)
 
8,416,902






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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the nine months ended July 31, 2015:
 
Toll
Brothers,
Inc.
 
Subsidiary
Issuer
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues

 

 
2,764,788

 
53,963

 
(84,705
)
 
2,734,046

Cost of revenues

 

 
2,158,932

 
6,933

 
(12,927
)
 
2,152,938

Selling, general and administrative
66

 
2,689

 
349,861

 
43,827

 
(66,269
)
 
330,174

 
66

 
2,689

 
2,508,793

 
50,760

 
(79,196
)
 
2,483,112

Income (loss) from operations
(66
)
 
(2,689
)
 
255,995

 
3,203

 
(5,509
)
 
250,934

Other:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from unconsolidated entities

 

 
11,332

 
5,748

 

 
17,080

Other income  net
7,049

 


 
26,697

 
15,672

 
587

 
50,005

Intercompany interest income

 
105,134

 


 


 
(105,134
)
 

Interest expense

 
(109,469
)
 


 
(587
)
 
110,056

 

Income from subsidiaries
311,036

 

 
17,012

 

 
(328,048
)
 

Income (loss) before income taxes
318,019

 
(7,024
)
 
311,036

 
24,036

 
(328,048
)
 
318,019

Income tax provision (benefit)
102,015

 
(2,657
)
 
117,665

 
9,092

 
(124,100
)
 
102,015

Net income (loss)
216,004

 
(4,367
)
 
193,371

 
14,944

 
(203,948
)
 
216,004

Other comprehensive loss
(62
)
 


 


 


 


 
(62
)
Total comprehensive income (loss)
215,942

 
(4,367
)
 
193,371

 
14,944

 
(203,948
)
 
215,942


Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the nine months ended July 31, 2014:
 
Toll
Brothers,
Inc.
 
Subsidiary
Issuer
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues

 

 
2,587,940

 
53,075

 
(80,103
)
 
2,560,912

Cost of revenues

 

 
2,029,097

 
6,809

 
(16,644
)
 
2,019,262

Selling, general and administrative
98

 
2,762

 
330,591

 
40,898

 
(62,178
)
 
312,171

 
98

 
2,762

 
2,359,688

 
47,707

 
(78,822
)
 
2,331,433

Income (loss) from operations
(98
)
 
(2,762
)
 
228,252

 
5,368

 
(1,281
)
 
229,479

Other:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) from unconsolidated entities

 

 
38,271

 
(79
)
 

 
38,192

Other income  net
7,033

 


 
31,632

 
13,427

 
(3,719
)
 
48,373

Intercompany interest income

 
111,984

 


 


 
(111,984
)
 

Interest expense

 
(116,246
)
 


 
(738
)
 
116,984

 

Income from subsidiaries
309,109

 

 
10,954

 

 
(320,063
)
 

Income (loss) before income taxes
316,044

 
(7,024
)
 
309,109

 
17,978

 
(320,063
)
 
316,044

Income tax provision (benefit)
107,536

 
(2,631
)
 
115,792

 
6,734

 
(119,895
)
 
107,536

Net income (loss)
208,508

 
(4,393
)
 
193,317

 
11,244

 
(200,168
)
 
208,508

Other comprehensive income
153

 


 
170

 
14

 


 
337

Total comprehensive income (loss)
208,661

 
(4,393
)
 
193,487

 
11,258

 
(200,168
)
 
208,845



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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended July 31, 2015:
 
Toll
Brothers,
Inc.
 
Subsidiary
Issuer
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues

 

 
1,040,738

 
20,811

 
(33,538
)
 
1,028,011

Cost of revenues

 

 
826,205

 
3,838

 
(5,649
)
 
824,394

Selling, general and administrative
29

 
867

 
123,667

 
16,737

 
(25,125
)
 
116,175

 
29

 
867

 
949,872

 
20,575

 
(30,774
)
 
940,569

Income (loss) from operations
(29
)
 
(867
)
 
90,866

 
236

 
(2,764
)
 
87,442

Other:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from unconsolidated entities

 

 
3,898

 
2,054

 

 
5,952

Other income  net
2,379

 


 
8,664

 
2,084

 
943

 
14,070

Intercompany interest income

 
32,741

 


 


 
(32,741
)
 

Interest expense

 
(34,241
)
 


 
(321
)
 
34,562

 

Income from subsidiaries
105,114

 

 
1,686

 

 
(106,800
)
 

Income (loss) before income taxes
107,464

 
(2,367
)

105,114

 
4,053

 
(106,800
)
 
107,464

Income tax provision (benefit)
40,715

 
(895
)
 
39,765

 
1,533

 
(40,403
)
 
40,715

Net income (loss)
66,749

 
(1,472
)

65,349


2,520


(66,397
)

66,749

Other comprehensive loss
139

 


 
12

 


 


 
151

Total comprehensive income (loss)
66,888

 
(1,472
)

65,361


2,520


(66,397
)

66,900


Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended July 31, 2014:
 
Toll
Brothers,
Inc.
 
Subsidiary
Issuer
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues

 

 
1,067,863

 
19,808

 
(30,814
)
 
1,056,857

Cost of revenues

 

 
822,804

 
2,750

 
(8,322
)
 
817,232

Selling, general and administrative
29

 
897

 
116,944

 
14,462

 
(22,351
)
 
109,981

 
29

 
897


939,748


17,212


(30,673
)
 
927,213

Income (loss) from operations
(29
)
 
(897
)

128,115


2,596


(141
)
 
129,644

Other:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from unconsolidated entities

 

 
693

 
257

 

 
950

Other income  net
2,373

 


 
13,817

 
6,219

 
(1,678
)
 
20,731

Intercompany interest income

 
35,877

 


 


 
(35,877
)
 

Interest expense

 
(37,347
)
 


 
(349
)
 
37,696

 

Income from subsidiaries
148,981

 

 
6,356

 

 
(155,337
)
 

Income (loss) before income taxes
151,325

 
(2,367
)

148,981


8,723


(155,337
)
 
151,325

Income tax provision (benefit)
53,618

 
(880
)
 
55,568

 
3,253

 
(57,941
)
 
53,618

Net income (loss)
97,707

 
(1,487
)

93,413


5,470


(97,396
)
 
97,707

Other comprehensive income (loss)
(3
)
 


 
(19
)
 
2

 


 
(20
)
Total comprehensive income (loss)
97,704

 
(1,487
)

93,394


5,472


(97,396
)
 
97,687



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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended July 31, 2015:
 
Toll
Brothers,
Inc.
 
Subsidiary
Issuer
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
(7,795
)
 
7,730

 
(17,570
)
 
(85,025
)
 
(8,591
)
 
(111,251
)
Cash flow (used in) provided by investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase of property and equipment - net

 

 
(5,954
)
 
(1,291
)
 

 
(7,245
)
Sale and redemption of marketable securities

 

 
2,000

 

 

 
2,000

Investment in and advances to unconsolidated entities

 

 
(3,172
)
 
(36,109
)
 

 
(39,281
)
Return of investments in unconsolidated entities

 

 
20,261

 
14,542

 

 
34,803

Investment in foreclosed real estate and distressed loans

 

 


 
(2,096
)
 

 
(2,096
)
Return of investments in foreclose real estate and distressed loans

 

 

 
23,372

 

 
23,372

Net increase in cash from purchase of joint venture interest

 

 
3,848

 


 

 
3,848

Intercompany advances
(25,308
)
 
292,270

 

 


 
(266,962
)
 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
(25,308
)
 
292,270

 
16,983

 
(1,582
)
 
(266,962
)
 
15,401

Cash flow (used in) provided by financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from loans payable

 

 
250,000

 
966,094

 

 
1,216,094

Principal payments of loans payable

 

 
(86,166
)
 
(957,376
)
 

 
(1,043,542
)
Redemption of senior notes


 
(300,000
)
 

 

 

 
(300,000
)
Proceeds from stock-based benefit plans
35,246

 

 

 

 

 
35,246

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
4,603

 

 

 

 

 
4,603

Purchase of treasury stock
(6,746
)
 

 

 

 

 
(6,746
)
(Payments) receipts related to noncontrolling interest, net


 

 

 
(1,312
)
 

 
(1,312
)
Intercompany advances


 

 
(354,300
)
 
78,747

 
275,553

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
33,103

 
(300,000
)
 
(190,466
)
 
86,153

 
275,553

 
(95,657
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 
(191,053
)
 
(454
)
 

 
(191,507
)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

 
455,714

 
130,601

 

 
586,315

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

 
264,661

 
130,147

 

 
394,808


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Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended July 31, 2014:
 
Toll
Brothers,
Inc.
 
Subsidiary
Issuer
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Nonguarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
101,864

 
18,079

 
(4,242
)
 
(64,371
)
 
(12,714
)
 
38,616

Cash flow (used in) provided by investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchase of property and equipment — net

 

 
(9,145
)
 
(355
)
 

 
(9,500
)
Sale and redemption of marketable securities

 

 
40,243

 


 

 
40,243

Investment in and advances to unconsolidated entities

 

 
(15,604
)
 
(77,435
)
 

 
(93,039
)
Return of investments in unconsolidated entities

 

 
40,413

 
10,264

 

 
50,677

Investment in foreclosed real estate and distressed loans

 

 


 
(1,127
)
 

 
(1,127
)
Return of investments in foreclose real estate and distressed loans

 

 


 
40,675

 

 
40,675

Acquisition of a business, net of cash acquired

 

 
(1,489,116
)
 

 

 
(1,489,116
)
Dividend received  intercompany

 

 
15,000

 

 
(15,000
)
 

Intercompany advances
(348,664
)
 
(345,419
)
 

 

 
694,083

 

Net cash used in investing activities
(348,664
)
 
(345,419
)
 
(1,418,209
)
 
(27,978
)
 
679,083

 
(1,461,187
)
Cash flow provided by (used in) financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes

 
600,000

 

 


 

 
600,000

Debt issuance costs for senior notes

 
(4,700
)
 

 


 

 
(4,700
)
Proceeds from loans payable

 

 
1,141,300

 
729,580

 

 
1,870,880

Debt issuance costs for loans payable

 

 
(3,005
)
 


 

 
(3,005
)
Principal payments of loans payable

 

 
(701,098
)
 
(716,750
)
 

 
(1,417,848
)
Redemption of senior notes


 
(267,960
)
 

 

 

 
(267,960
)
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
220,365

 

 

 

 

 
220,365

Proceeds from stock-based benefit plans
26,555

 

 

 

 

 
26,555

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
221

 

 

 

 

 
221

Purchase of treasury stock
(341
)
 

 

 

 

 
(341
)
Receipts related to noncontrolling interest


 

 

 
81

 

 
81

Dividend paid  intercompany

 

 

 
(15,000
)
 
15,000

 

Intercompany advances


 

 
569,662

 
111,707

 
(681,369
)
 

Net cash provided by financing activities
246,800

 
327,340

 
1,006,859

 
109,618

 
(666,369
)
 
1,024,248

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 
(415,592
)
 
17,269

 

 
(398,323
)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

 
670,102

 
102,870

 

 
772,972

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

 
254,510

 
120,139

 

 
374,649



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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (“MD&A”)
This discussion and analysis is based on, should be read together with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes, as well as our consolidated financial statements, notes thereto, and the related MD&A contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014. It also should be read in conjunction with the disclosure under “Statement on Forward-Looking Information” in this report.
Unless otherwise stated, net contracts signed represents a number or value equal to the gross number or value of contracts signed during the relevant period, less the number or value of contracts canceled during the relevant period, which includes contracts that were signed during the relevant period and in prior periods. Contracts acquired in an acquisition of a business are not considered signed contracts and are not included in the amounts reported by us in net contracts signed.
OVERVIEW
Financial Highlights
In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, we recognized $2.73 billion of revenues and net income of $216.0 million, as compared to $2.56 billion of revenues and net income of $208.5 million in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. In the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, we recognized $1.03 billion of revenues and net income of $66.7 million, as compared to $1.06 billion of revenues and net income of $97.7 million in the three-month period ended July 31, 2014.
In the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, the value of net contracts signed was $3.70 billion (4,473 homes) and $2.93 billion (3,989 homes), respectively. In the three-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, the value of net contracts signed was $1.23 billion (1,479 homes) and $0.95 billion (1,324 homes), respectively. The value of our backlog at July 31, 2015 was $3.69 billion (4,447 homes), as compared to our backlog at July 31, 2014 of $3.10 billion (4,204 homes). Our backlog at October 31, 2014 was $2.72 billion (3,679 homes).
At July 31, 2015, we had $404.8 million of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities on hand and approximately $711.2 million available under our $1.035 billion revolving credit facility (“Credit Facility”) that matures in August 2018. At July 31, 2015, we had $220.0 million of outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility and had outstanding letters of credit of approximately $103.8 million.
At July 31, 2015, our total equity and our debt to total capitalization ratio were $4.13 billion and 0.45 to 1:00, respectively.
Our Business
We operate in a number of businesses associated with residential real estate, the most significant being designing, building, marketing, and arranging the financing for detached and attached homes in luxury residential communities that cater to move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, age-qualified, and second-home buyers in the United States (“Traditional Home Building”). We also build and sell homes in urban infill markets through Toll City Living® (“City Living”). At July 31, 2015, we were operating in 19 states.
We also control approximately 7,000 units in for-rent apartment projects that are currently operating in the lease-up stage, under active development, or in the planning stage. Of the 7,000 units at July 31, 2015, 4,000 are owned by joint ventures in which we have an interest; approximately 1,500 are owned by us; 1,200 are under contract to be purchased by us; and 300 are under a letter of intent. These projects, which are located in the metro Boston to metro Washington, D.C., corridor, are being operated, are being developed, or will be developed with partners under the brand names Toll Brothers Apartment Living, Toll Brothers Campus Living, and Toll Brothers Realty Trust.
We operate our own land development, architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, landscaping, security monitoring, lumber distribution, house component assembly, and manufacturing operations. We also develop, own, and operate golf courses and country clubs, which generally are associated with several of our master planned communities.
We also operate through a number of joint ventures. These joint ventures (i) develop land for use by certain joint venture participants and, in other cases, for sale to other third-party builders (“Land Development Joint Ventures”); (ii) develop for-sale homes and condominiums (“Home Building Joint Ventures”); (iii) develop luxury for-rent residential apartments, commercial space, and a hotel (“Rental Property Joint Ventures”), which include our investments in Toll Brothers Realty Trust (the “Trust”) and Toll Brothers Realty Trust II (“Trust II”); and (iv) invest in a portfolio of distressed loans and real estate (“Structured Asset Joint Venture”). We earn construction and management fee income from many of these joint ventures.
In fiscal 2010, we formed Gibraltar Capital Asset and Management, LLC (“Gibraltar”) to invest in distressed real estate opportunities. Gibraltar focuses primarily on residential loans and properties from unimproved ground to partially and fully

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improved developments, as well as commercial opportunities. At July 31, 2015, Gibraltar had investments in foreclosed real estate and distressed loans of $59.5 million and an investment in a Structured Asset Joint Venture of $13.8 million.
Acquisition
On February 4, 2014, we completed our acquisition of Shapell Industries, Inc. (“Shapell”) pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated November 6, 2013, with Shapell Investment Properties, Inc. (“SIPI”). We acquired all of the equity interests in Shapell from SIPI for $1.49 billion, net of cash acquired (the “Acquisition”). We acquired the single-family residential real property development business of Shapell, including a portfolio of approximately 4,950 home sites in California, some of which we have sold to other builders. As part of the Acquisition, we assumed contracts to deliver 126 homes with an aggregate value of approximately $105.3 million.
We did not acquire the apartment and commercial rental properties owned and operated by Shapell (the “Shapell Commercial Properties”) or Shapell’s mortgage lending activities relating to its home building operations. Accordingly, the Purchase Agreement provides that SIPI will indemnify us for any loss arising out of or resulting from, among other things, (i) any liability (other than environmental losses, subject to certain exceptions) related to the Shapell Commercial Properties, and (ii) any liability (other than environmental losses, subject to certain exceptions) to the extent related to Shapell Mortgage, Inc. See Note 2, “Acquisitions,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2014 for additional information regarding the Acquisition.
Our Challenging Business Environment and Current Outlook
We believe that, in fiscal 2012, the housing market began to recover from the significant slowdown that started in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year ended October 31, 2005. During fiscal 2012 and the first nine months of fiscal 2013, we saw a strong recovery in the number and value of new sales contracts signed.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013, we experienced a leveling in demand that continued through the second quarter of fiscal 2014 and was followed by a decline in demand in the third quarter of fiscal 2014. Since the third quarter of fiscal 2014, we have seen a strengthening in customer demand. In fiscal 2015’s first nine months, net signed contracts of $3.70 billion and 4,473 units rose 26.6% in dollars and 12.1% in units, compared to fiscal 2014’s first nine months’ net signed contracts of $2.93 billion and 3,989 units. Similarly, in fiscal 2014’s fourth quarter, net signed contracts of $970.8 million and 1,282 units rose 16% in dollars and 10% in units, compared to fiscal 2013’s fourth-quarter net signed contracts of $839.0 million and 1,163 units.
We market our high-quality homes to upscale luxury home buyers, generally those persons who have previously owned a principal residence and who are seeking to buy a larger or more desirable home — the so-called “move-up” market. We believe our reputation as a developer of homes for this market enhances our competitive position with respect to the sale of our smaller, more moderately priced, detached homes, as well as our attached homes.
We also market to the 50+ year-old “empty-nester” market, which we believe has strong growth potential due to the aging of baby boomers. We have developed a number of home designs with features such as one-story living and first-floor master bedroom suites, as well as communities with recreational amenities such as golf courses, marinas, pool complexes, country clubs, and recreation centers that we believe appeal to this category of home buyers. We have integrated certain of these designs and features in some of our other home types and communities. We also develop active-adult, age-qualified communities for households in which at least one member is 55 years of age or older. As of July 31, 2015, we were selling from 39 active-adult/age-qualified communities and expect to open additional age-qualified communities during the next few years. For the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, the value of net contracts signed in active-adult/age-qualified communities was 9.3% and 10.2%, respectively, of total net contracts signed in each of the periods. In the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, the number in such periods of net contracts signed in active-adult/age-qualified communities, as a percentage of the total number of net contracts signed, was 14.2% and 13.9%, respectively.
In order to serve a growing market of affluent move-up families, empty-nesters, and young professionals seeking to live in or close to major cities, we have developed and are developing a number of high-density, high-, mid-, and low-rise urban luxury communities. These communities are currently marketed under our City Living brand. Sales and deliveries of our City Living products can vary significantly from period to period based on new product openings and deliveries of units in high-rise buildings, as construction is completed. Our City Living product generally yields a higher margin than our Traditional Home Building product. Our City Living communities, which we are currently developing or planning to develop on our own or through joint ventures, are located in the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York; Hoboken and Jersey City, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Bethesda, Maryland. At July 31, 2015, we owned or had under control 16 City Living projects, containing approximately 2,000 units, which either are selling or being developed or will be developed by us or through joint ventures.

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For the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, the value of net contracts signed by our City Living group in wholly owned projects was 5.2% and 6.4% of net contracts signed in the respective periods. In the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, the number of net contracts signed by our City Living group in wholly owned projects, as a percentage of the total number of net contracts signed in such periods, was 2.5% and 4.1%, respectively. At July 31, 2015 and 2014, the value and units of backlog of our City Living group in wholly owned projects were $221.9 million (116 homes) and $301.5 million (219 homes), respectively.
We are also developing high-rise buildings in joint ventures with third-parties. At July 31, 2015, two of these buildings were open for sale, containing a total of 219 units. In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, we signed 47 net contracts in these buildings with a total value of $129.6 million. At July 31, 2015, these buildings had a backlog of 102 units with a total value of $350.5 million.
We believe that the demographics of the move-up, empty-nester, active-adult, age-qualified, and second-home upscale markets will provide us with an opportunity for growth in the future, and that our financial strength and portfolio of approved home sites in the Washington, D.C., to Boston corridor and in our California markets, in which land is scarce and approvals are more difficult to obtain, give us a competitive advantage. We continue to believe that many of our communities are in desirable locations that are difficult to replace and that many of these communities have substantial embedded value that may be realized in the future as the housing recovery strengthens.
Competitive Landscape
The home building business is highly competitive and fragmented. We compete with numerous home builders of varying sizes, ranging from local to national in scope, some of which have greater sales and financial resources than we do. Sales of existing homes, whether by a homeowner or by a financial institution that has acquired a home through a foreclosure, also provide competition. We compete primarily on the basis of price, location, design, quality, service, and reputation. We also believe our financial stability, relative to many others in our industry, is a favorable competitive factor as more home buyers focus on builder solvency.
In addition, there are fewer and more selective lenders serving our industry as compared to prior years, and we believe that these lenders gravitate to the home building companies that offer them the greatest security, the strongest balance sheets, and the broadest array of potential business opportunities.
Land Acquisition and Development
Our business is subject to many risks because of the extended length of time that it takes to obtain the necessary approvals on a property, complete the land improvements on it, and deliver a home after a home buyer signs an agreement of sale. In certain cases, we attempt to reduce some of these risks by utilizing one or more of the following methods: controlling land for future development through options (also referred to herein as “land purchase contracts” or “option and purchase agreements”), which enable us to obtain the necessary governmental approvals before acquiring title to the land; generally commencing construction of a detached home only after executing an agreement of sale and receiving a substantial down payment from the buyer; and using subcontractors to perform home construction and land development work on a fixed-price basis.
At July 31, 2015, we controlled approximately 45,400 home sites, as compared to approximately 49,000 at July 31, 2014; 47,200 at October 31, 2014; and 48,600 at October 31, 2013. Of the approximately 45,400 total home sites that we owned or controlled through options at July 31, 2015, we owned approximately 35,700 and controlled approximately 9,700 through options. Of the 45,400 home sites owned or controlled through options, approximately 16,000 were substantially improved. In addition, we expect to purchase approximately 3,200 additional home sites over a number of years from several joint ventures in which we have interests, at prices not yet determined.
At July 31, 2015, we were selling from 267 communities, compared to 256 at July 31, 2014; 263 at October 31, 2014; and 232 at October 31, 2013. We expect to be selling from 270 to 285 communities by October 31, 2015.
Availability of Customer Mortgage Financing
We maintain relationships with a widely diversified group of mortgage financial institutions, many of which are among the largest in the industry. We believe that regional and community banks continue to recognize the long-term value in creating relationships with high-quality, affluent customers such as our home buyers and that these banks will continue to provide such customers with financing.
We believe that our home buyers generally are, and will continue to be, better able to secure mortgages due to their typically lower loan-to-value ratios and attractive credit profiles as compared to the average home buyer. Nevertheless, in recent years, tightened credit standards have reduced the pool of potential home buyers and hindered accessibility of or eliminated certain loan products previously available to our home buyers. Our home buyers continue to face stricter mortgage underwriting

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guidelines, higher down payment requirements, and narrower appraisal guidelines than in the past. Some of our home buyers may find it more difficult to sell their existing homes as prospective buyers of their homes may face difficulties obtaining a mortgage. In addition, other potential buyers may have little or negative equity in their existing homes and may not be able or willing to purchase a larger or more expensive home.
CONTRACTS
Nine-Month Period Ended July 31, 2015
The aggregate value of net contracts signed increased $777.0 million, or 26.6%, in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. The value of net contracts signed was $3.70 billion (4,473 homes) and $2.93 billion (3,989 homes) in the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The increase in the aggregate value of net contracts signed in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was the result of a 12.1% increase in the number of net contracts signed and a 12.9% increase in the average value of each contract signed.
The aggregate value of net contracts signed in our Traditional Home Building segment increased $773.4 million or 28.3% in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. The value of net contracts signed was $3.51 billion (4,359 homes) and $2.74 billion (3,827 homes) in the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The increase in the aggregate value of net contracts signed in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was the result of a 13.9% increase in the number of net contracts signed and a 12.6% increase in the average value of each contract signed. The increase in the number of net contracts signed was primarily due to the strong demand in our North and West regions in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by a slowdown in demand in our South region. The increase in the average value of each contract signed in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was due primarily to a change in the mix of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or higher priced products and price increases.
For the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, the value of net contracts signed in our City Living segment increased by $3.6 million, or 1.9%, as compared to the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. The increase was attributable to a 44.7% increase in the average value of net contracts signed, partially offset by a decrease of 29.6% in the number of net contracts signed. The increase in the average value of net contracts signed was principally due to a shift in the number of net contracts signed from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market to the metro New York market, where the average value of each contract signed is higher. The decrease in the number of net contracts signed in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, was primarily due to slower demand in first three months of fiscal 2015 and to a decline in the number of net contracts signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, due to lower product availability.
Three-Month Period Ended July 31, 2015
The aggregate value of net contracts signed increased $284.8 million, or 30.0%, in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. The value of net contracts signed was $1.23 billion (1,479 homes) and $0.95 billion (1,324 homes) in the three-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The increase in the aggregate value of net contracts signed in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was the result of a 16.4% increase in the average value of each contract signed and an 11.7% increase in the number of net contracts signed.
The aggregate value of net contracts signed in our Traditional Home Building segment increased $276.7 million or 30.8% in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. The value of net contracts signed was $1.17 billion (1,449 homes) and $897.3 million (1,281 homes) in the three-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The increase in the aggregate value of net contracts signed in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was the result of a 13.1% increase in the number of net contracts signed and a 15.7% increase in the average value of each contract signed. The increase in the number of net contracts signed was primarily due to the strong demand in our Mid-Atlantic and West regions in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by a slowdown in demand in our South region. The increase in the average value of each contract signed in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was due primarily to a change in the mix of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or higher-priced products and price increases.
For the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, the value of net contracts signed in our City Living segment increased by $8.1 million, or 15.6%, as compared to the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. The increase was attributable to a 65.8% increase in the average value of net contracts signed, partially offset by a decrease of 30.2% in the number of net contracts signed. The increase in the average value of net contracts signed was principally due to a shift in the number of net contracts signed from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market to the metro New York market, where the average value of each contract signed is higher. The decrease in the number of net contracts signed in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, was primarily due to a decline in the number of net contracts signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, due to lower product availability.

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BACKLOG
Backlog consists of homes under contract but not yet delivered to our home buyers. The value of our backlog at July 31, 2015, was $3.69 billion (4,447 homes), a 19.0% increase, as compared to our backlog at July 31, 2014, of $3.10 billion (4,204 homes). Our backlog at October 31, 2014 and 2013, was $2.72 billion (3,679 homes) and $2.63 billion (3,679 homes), respectively. The increase in the value of the backlog at July 31, 2015, as compared to the backlog at July 31, 2014, was primarily attributable to the 26.6% increase in the value of net contracts signed in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to the value of net contracts signed in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014, offset, in part, by a 6.8% increase in the aggregate value of our deliveries in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to the aggregate value of deliveries in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014.
For more information regarding revenues, net contracts signed, and backlog by operating segment, see “Segments” in this MD&A.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
As disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014, our most critical accounting policies relate to inventory, income taxes–valuation allowances, revenue and cost recognition, and warranty and self-insurance. Since October 31, 2014, there have been no material changes to those critical accounting policies.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
We have investments in Land Development Joint Ventures; Home Building Joint Ventures; Rental Property Joint Ventures, which include our investments in the Trust and Trust II; and a Structured Asset Joint Venture.
Our investments in these entities are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. With respect to Land Development Joint Ventures, we recognize our proportionate share of the earnings from the sale of home sites to other builders, including our joint venture partners. We do not recognize earnings realized by the joint venture from the sales of home sites to us at the time of purchase; instead, our cost basis in those home sites is reduced by our share of the joint venture earnings from the sales of those home sites to us.
At July 31, 2015, we had investments in these entities of $334.9 million and were committed to invest or advance up to an additional $71.3 million to these entities if they required additional funding. At July 31, 2015, we had joint venture purchase commitments or understandings to acquire 451 home sites from two Land Development Joint Ventures for an estimated aggregate purchase price $171.6 million. In addition, we expect to purchase approximately 3,200 additional home sites over a number of years from several joint ventures in which we have interests; the purchase price of these home sites will be determined at a future date.
We invested in a joint venture in which we have a 50% voting interest to develop 400 Park Avenue South, a high-rise luxury for-sale/rental project in New York City. Pursuant to the terms of the joint venture agreement, with the completion of the construction of the building’s structure in the third quarter of fiscal 2015, we acquired, with no additional consideration due from us, ownership of the top 18 floors of the building to sell, for our own account, luxury condominium units. Our partner received ownership of the lower floors containing residential rental units and retail space, with no additional consideration due from them. Upon our acquisition of the top 18 floors of the building, we transferred our investment of $132.3 million from “Investments in unconsolidated entities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to “Inventory.”
The unconsolidated entities in which we have investments generally finance their activities with a combination of partner equity and debt financing. In some instances, we and our partners have guaranteed debt of certain unconsolidated entities. These guarantees may include any or all of the following: (i) project completion guarantees, including any cost overruns; (ii) repayment guarantees, generally covering a percentage of the outstanding loan; (iii) guarantees of indemnities provided to the lender by the unconsolidated entity with regard to environmental matters; (iv) a hazardous material indemnity that holds the lender harmless for any liability it may suffer from the threat or presence of any hazardous or toxic substances at or near the property covered by a loan; and (v) indemnification of the lender from “bad boy acts” of the unconsolidated entity.
In some instances, the guarantees provided in connection with loans to an unconsolidated entity are joint and several. In these situations, we generally have a reimbursement agreement with our partner that provides that neither party is responsible for more than its proportionate share or agreed-upon share of the guarantee; however, if the joint venture partner does not have adequate financial resources to meet its obligations under the reimbursement agreement, we may be liable for more than our proportionate share.
We believe that, as of July 31, 2015, in the event we become legally obligated to perform under a guarantee of the obligation of an unconsolidated entity due to a triggering event, the collateral in such entity should be sufficient to repay a significant portion

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of the obligation. If it is not, we and our partners would need to contribute additional capital to the venture. At July 31, 2015, the unconsolidated entities that have guarantees related to debt had loan commitments aggregating $922.2 million and had borrowed an aggregate of $453.1 million. We estimate that our maximum potential exposure under these guarantees, if the full amount of the loan commitments were borrowed, would be $922.2 million before any reimbursement from our partners. Based on the amounts borrowed at July 31, 2015, our maximum potential exposure under these guarantees is estimated to be $453.1 million before any reimbursement from our partners.
In addition, we have guaranteed approximately $10.5 million of ground lease payments and insurance deductibles for three joint ventures.
For more information regarding these joint ventures, see Note 4, “Investments in Unconsolidated Entities,” in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Form 10-Q.
The trends, uncertainties, or other factors that negatively impact our business and the industry in general also impact the unconsolidated entities in which we have investments. We review each of our investments on a quarterly basis for indicators of impairment. A series of operating losses of an investee, the inability to recover our invested capital, or other factors may indicate that a loss in value of our investment in the unconsolidated entity has occurred. If a loss exists, we further review to determine whether the loss is other than temporary, in which case we write down the investment to its fair value. The evaluation of our investment in unconsolidated entities entails a detailed cash flow analysis using many estimates, including, but not limited to, expected sales pace, expected sales prices, expected incentives, costs incurred and anticipated, sufficiency of financing and capital, competition, market conditions, and anticipated cash receipts, in order to determine projected future distributions. Each of the unconsolidated entities evaluates its inventory in a similar manner. In addition, for rental properties, we review rental trends, expected future expenses, and expected future cash flows to determine estimated fair values of the properties. See “Critical Accounting Policies - Inventory” contained in the MD&A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended October 31, 2014, for more detailed disclosure on our evaluation of inventory. If a valuation adjustment is recorded by an unconsolidated entity related to its assets, our proportionate share is reflected in income (loss) from unconsolidated entities with a corresponding decrease to our investment in unconsolidated entities. Based upon our evaluation of the fair value of our investments in unconsolidated entities, we determined that no impairments of our investments occurred in the nine-month and three-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table sets forth, for the nine months and three months ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, a comparison of certain items in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income ($ amounts in millions):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
 
$
 
%*
 
$
 
%*
 
$
 
%*
 
$
 
%*
Revenues
2,734.0

 
 
 
2,560.9

 
 
 
1,028.0

 
 
 
1,056.9

 
 
Cost of revenues
2,152.9

 
78.7
 
2,019.3

 
78.8
 
824.4

 
80.2
 
817.2

 
77.3
Selling, general and administrative
330.2

 
12.1
 
312.2

 
12.2
 
116.2

 
11.3
 
110.0

 
10.4
 
2,483.1

 
90.8
 
2,331.4

 
91.0
 
940.6

 
91.5
 
927.2

 
87.7
Income from operations
250.9

 
 
 
229.5

 
 
 
87.4

 
 
 
129.6

 
 
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from unconsolidated entities
17.1

 
 
 
38.2

 
 
 
6.0

 
 
 
1.0

 
 
Other income – net
50.0

 
 
 
48.4

 
 
 
14.1

 
 
 
20.7

 
 
Income before income taxes
318.0

 
 
 
316.0

 
 
 
107.5

 
 
 
151.3

 
 
Income tax provision
102.0

 
 
 
107.5

 
 
 
40.7

 
 
 
53.6

 
 
Net income
216.0

 
 
 
208.5

 
 
 
66.7

 
 
 
97.7

 
 
* Percent of revenues
Note: Due to rounding, amounts may not add.


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REVENUES AND COST OF REVENUES
Revenues for the nine months ended July 31, 2015, were higher than those for the comparable period of fiscal 2014 by approximately $173.1 million, or 6.8%. This increase was primarily attributable to a 3.2% increase in the number of homes delivered and a 3.4% increase in the average price of the homes delivered. In the fiscal 2015 nine-month period, we delivered 3,705 homes with a value of $2.73 billion, as compared to 3,590 homes in the fiscal 2014 nine-month period with a value of $2.56 billion. The average price of the homes delivered in the fiscal 2015 period was $737,900, as compared to $713,300 in the fiscal 2014 period. The increase in the number of homes delivered in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was primarily due to a greater number of homes being sold and delivered in the 2015 fiscal period as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The increase in the average price of homes delivered in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was primarily attributable to a shift in the number of homes delivered to more expensive areas and/or higher-priced products.
Cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues was 78.7% in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to 78.8% in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. In the fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014 periods, we recognized $31.3 million and $9.9 million of inventory write-offs, respectively. Excluding inventory write-offs, cost of revenues was 77.6% in the fiscal 2015 period and 78.5% in the fiscal 2014 period. The decrease in cost of revenues excluding inventory write-offs, as a percentage of revenues, in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was due primarily to a change in product mix/areas to higher-margin areas, increased prices of homes delivered in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, and the lower impact of the application of purchase accounting from the homes delivered from the Acquisition in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The fiscal 2015 period also included a $6.1 million accrual for expected costs to be incurred in the repair or settlement of construction defect claims at a number of completed multifamily communities located in our West region and the reversal of $3.4 million of accrued costs related to a community in our South region that was no longer needed. The fiscal 2014 period included a $7.0 million reversal of accrued construction costs related to the determination that certain development costs previously accrued were no longer required. In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, inventory write-offs of $18.0 million were attributable to operating communities, $12.6 million were attributable to land owned for future communities, and $0.7 million were attributable to land controlled for future communities. Inventory write-offs in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014 of $7.7 million were attributable to operating communities and $2.2 million were attributable to land controlled for future communities.
Revenues for the three months ended July 31, 2015 were lower than those for the comparable period of fiscal 2014 by approximately $28.9 million, or 2.7%. This decrease was primarily attributable to a 1.7% decrease in the number of homes delivered and a 1.0% decrease in the average price of the homes delivered. In the fiscal 2015 three-month period, we delivered 1,419 homes with a value of $1.03 billion, as compared to 1,444 homes in the fiscal 2014 three-month period with a value of $1.06 billion. The average price of the homes delivered in the fiscal 2015 period was $724,500, as compared to $731,900 in the fiscal 2014 period. The decrease in the number of homes delivered in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was primarily due to fewer homes being sold and delivered in the fiscal 2015 quarter as compared to the fiscal 2014 quarter. The decrease in the average price of homes delivered in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was primarily attributable to a shift in the number of homes delivered to less expensive areas and/or lower-priced products.
Cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues was 80.2% in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to 77.3% in the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. In the fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2014 periods, we recognized $18.0 million and $6.0 million of inventory write-offs, respectively. Excluding inventory write-offs, cost of revenues was 78.4% in the fiscal 2015 period and 76.8% in the fiscal 2014 period. The increase in cost of revenues excluding inventory write-offs, as a percentage of revenues in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, was due primarily to a shift in the number of home delivered to lower-margin products and/or locations in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. This was offset, in part, by the lower impact of the application of purchase accounting from the homes delivered from the Acquisition in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The fiscal 2015 period also included a $5.8 million accrual for expected costs to be incurred in the repair or settlement of construction defect claims at a number of completed multifamily communities located in our West region and the reversal of $1.0 million of accrued costs related to a community in our South region that was no longer needed. The fiscal 2014 period included a $7.0 million reversal of accrued construction costs related to the determination that certain development costs previously accrued were no longer required. In the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, inventory write-offs of $6.0 million were attributable to operating communities, $11.9 million were attributable to land owned for future communities, and $0.1 million were attributable to land controlled for future communities. Inventory write-offs in the three-month period ended July 31, 2014 of $4.8 million were attributable to operating communities and $1.2 million were attributable to land controlled for future communities.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (“SG&A”)
SG&A increased by $18.0 million in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. As a percentage of revenues, SG&A decreased to 12.1% in the fiscal 2015 period, from 12.2% in the fiscal 2014

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period. The fiscal 2014 period includes $6.0 million of expenses incurred in the Acquisition. The increase in SG&A in the fiscal 2015 period, excluding the costs related to the Acquisition, as a percentage of revenues, was due to SG&A spending increasing by 7.8% while revenues increased 6.8%. The dollar increase in SG&A costs was due primarily to increased compensation costs due to our increased number of employees, and increased sales and marketing costs. The higher sales and marketing costs were the result of the increased spending on advertising and increased operating costs due to the increased number of selling communities that we had in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the 2014 period.
SG&A increased by $6.2 million in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. As a percentage of revenues, SG&A increased to 11.3% in the fiscal 2015 period, from 10.4% in the fiscal 2014 period. The increase in SG&A, as a percentage of revenues, was due to SG&A spending increasing by 5.6% and a revenue decrease of 2.7%. The dollar increase in SG&A costs was due primarily to higher compensation costs resulting from our increased number of employees and increased sales and marketing costs, offset, in part, by lower insurance costs. The higher sales and marketing costs were the result of the increased spending on advertising and increased operating costs due to the increased number of selling communities that we had in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the 2014 period.
INCOME FROM UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITIES
We recognize our proportionate share of the earnings and losses from the various unconsolidated entities in which we have an investment. Many of our unconsolidated entities are land development projects or high-rise/mid-rise condominium construction projects, which do not generate revenues and earnings for a number of years during the development of the property. Once development is complete, these unconsolidated entities will generally, over a relatively short period of time, generate revenues and earnings until all of the assets of the entity are sold. Because there is not a steady flow of revenues and earnings from these entities, the earnings recognized from these entities will vary significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year.
In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, we recognized $17.1 million of income from unconsolidated entities, as compared to $38.2 million in the comparable period of fiscal 2014. The decrease in income from unconsolidated entities was due primarily to our recognition of a $23.5 million gain representing our share of the gain on the sale by Trust II of substantially all of its assets to an unrelated party in December 2013 and a $12.0 million distribution from the Trust in April 2014 due to the refinancing of one of the Trust’s apartment complexes. This was offset, in part, by higher income realized from several of our Land Development Joint Ventures and one Home Building Joint Venture in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the income recognized in the fiscal 2014 period. The higher income from these joint ventures was attributable primarily to higher sales activity and/or price increases in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
In the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, we recognized $6.0 million of income from unconsolidated entities, as compared to $1.0 million in the comparable period of fiscal 2014. The increase in income from unconsolidated entities was due primarily to higher income realized from one of our land development joint ventures located in Texas and from one joint venture in California in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the income recognized in the fiscal 2014 period; the higher income from these Land Development Joint Ventures was attributable primarily to increased sales activity.
OTHER INCOME – NET
The table below provides, for the periods indicated, the components of “Other income – net” (amounts in thousands):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Income from ancillary businesses
$
18,392

 
$
6,153

 
$
4,667

 
$
2,203

Gibraltar
4,907

 
10,219

 
888

 
4,505

Management fee income from unconsolidated entities
9,441

 
4,294

 
3,051

 
1,840

Income from land sales
10,302

 
21,042

 
2,952

 
9,855

Other
6,963

 
6,665

 
2,512

 
2,328

Total other income – net
$
50,005

 
$
48,373

 
$
14,070

 
$
20,731

In the nine months ended July 31, 2015, our security monitoring business recognized an $8.1 million gain from a bulk sale of security monitoring accounts, which is included in income from ancillary businesses above. The decrease in income from Gibraltar’s operations in the fiscal 2015 periods, as compared to the fiscal 2014 periods, was primarily due to a reduction in gains recognized from the disposition of real estate owned (“REO”) and from the acquisition of REO through foreclosure. The increase in management fee income in the fiscal 2015 periods, as compared to the fiscal 2014 periods, was primarily due to the increase in activity from the unconsolidated entities that we manage. The decrease in income from land sales in the fiscal 2015 periods was due to fewer land parcels being available for sale in the fiscal 2015 periods, as compared to the fiscal 2014 periods.

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INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES
For the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, we reported income before income taxes of $318.0 million, as compared to $316.0 million in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014.
For the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, we reported income before income taxes of $107.5 million, as compared to $151.3 million in the three-month period ended July 31, 2014.
INCOME TAX PROVISION
We recognized a $102.0 million income tax provision in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015. Based upon the federal statutory rate of 35%, our federal tax provision would have been $111.3 million. The difference between the tax provision recognized and the tax provision based on the federal statutory rate was due primarily to the tax benefits from the reversal of $13.7 million of a previously recognized tax provision related to a settlement with a taxing jurisdiction; the utilization of domestic production activities deductions; and other differences, offset, in part, by the provision for state income taxes and interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits.
In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014, we recognized a $107.5 million income tax provision. Based upon the federal statutory rate of 35%, our federal tax provision would have been $110.6 million. The difference between the tax provision recognized and the tax provision based on the federal statutory rate was due primarily to the reversal of previously recognized tax provisions that were no longer needed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations; the settlement of a state income tax audit; tax benefits related to the utilization of domestic production activities deductions; and other differences, offset, in part, by the provision for state income taxes; provision for uncertain tax positions taken in a prior period; and interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits.
We recognized a $40.7 million income tax provision in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015. Based upon the federal statutory rate of 35%, our federal tax provision would have been $37.6 million. The difference between the tax provision recognized and the tax provision based on the federal statutory rate was due primarily to the provision for state income taxes, offset, in part, by tax benefits related to the utilization of domestic production activities deductions.
In the three-month period ended July 31, 2014, we recognized a $53.6 million income tax provision. Based upon the federal statutory rate of 35%, our federal tax provision would have been $53.0 million. The difference between the tax provision recognized and the tax provision based on the federal statutory rate was due primarily to the provision for state income taxes; provision for uncertain tax positions taken in a prior period; and interest accrued on unrecognized tax benefits, offset, in part, by the reversal of previously recognized tax provisions that were no longer needed due to the expiration of the statute of limitations; the settlement of a state income tax audit; tax benefits related to the utilization of domestic production activities deductions; and other differences.
CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
Funding for our business has been, and continues to be, provided principally by cash flow from operating activities before inventory additions, unsecured bank borrowings, and the public debt and equity markets. At July 31, 2015, we had $394.8 million of cash and cash equivalents and $10.0 million of marketable securities. At October 31, 2014, we had $586.3 million of cash and cash equivalents and $12.0 million of marketable securities. Cash used in operating activities during the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, was $111.3 million. Cash used in operating activities during the fiscal 2015 period was primarily related to the purchase of inventory; a decrease in income taxes payable; an increase in receivables, prepaid expenses, and other assets; and a increase in mortgage loans originated, net of the sale of mortgage loans to outside investors; offset, in part, by net income before stock-based compensation, inventory impairments, and depreciation and amortization; an increase in customer deposits; and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses.
In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, cash provided by investing activities was $15.4 million. The cash provided by investing activities was primarily related to $58.2 million of cash received as returns on our investments in unconsolidated entities, foreclosed real estate, and distressed loans, $2.0 million of proceeds from the sale of marketable securities, and $3.8 million in net cash received from the acquisition of a joint venture interest. This was offset, in part, by $41.4 million used to fund our investments in unconsolidated entities, foreclosed real estate, and distressed loans, and $7.2 million for the purchase of property and equipment.
We used $95.7 million of cash from financing activities in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, primarily for the repayment of $300.0 million of senior notes; $57.2 million of repayments of other loans payable, net of new borrowings; and the repurchase of $6.7 million of our common stock, offset, in part, by $220.0 million of borrowings under our Credit Facility, net of repayments; $9.7 million of borrowings under our mortgage company loan facility, net of repayments; and $35.2 million from the proceeds of our stock-based benefit plans.

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At July 31, 2014, we had $374.6 million of cash and cash equivalents and $12.0 million of marketable securities. At October 31, 2013, we had $773.0 million of cash and cash equivalents and $52.5 million of marketable securities. Cash provided by operating activities during the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014, was $38.6 million. Cash provided by operating activities during the fiscal 2014 period was generated from net income before stock-based compensation and depreciation and amortization; increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses and income taxes payable; an increase in customer deposits; a reduction in restricted cash; and the sale of mortgage loans to outside investors in excess of mortgage loans originated, offset, in part, by the purchase of inventory and an increase in receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets.
In the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014, cash used in our investing activities was $1.46 billion. The cash used in investing activities was primarily related to the $1.49 billion used to acquire Shapell, $93.0 million used to fund joint venture investments and $9.5 million for the purchase of property and equipment, offset, in part, by $40.2 million of net sales of marketable securities and $91.4 million of cash received as returns on our investments in unconsolidated entities, foreclosed real estate, and distressed loans.
We generated $1.02 billion of cash from financing activities in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014, primarily from the issuance of 7.2 million shares of our common stock in November 2013 that raised $220.4 million; the issuance in November 2013 of $350.0 million of 4.0% Senior Notes due 2018 and $250.0 million of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024; the borrowing of $485.0 million under a five-year term loan from ten banks; $12.8 million of borrowings under our mortgage company warehouse facility, net of repayments under it; $44.8 million of other loans payable, net of repayments; and $26.6 million from the proceeds of our stock-based benefit plans, offset, in part, by the repayment of $268.0 million of our 4.95% Senior Notes in March 2014.
In general, our cash flow from operating activities assumes that, as each home is delivered, we will purchase a home site to replace it. Because we own a supply of several years of home sites, we do not need to buy home sites immediately to replace those that we deliver. In addition, we generally do not begin construction of our detached homes until we have a signed contract with the home buyer, although in the past several years, due to the increase in the number of attached-home communities from which we were operating (all of the units of which are generally not sold prior to the commencement of construction), the number of speculative homes in our inventory increased significantly. Should our business remain at its current level or decline, we believe that our inventory levels would decrease as we complete and deliver the homes under construction but do not commence construction of as many new homes, as we complete the improvements on the land we already own, and as we sell and deliver the speculative homes that are currently in inventory, resulting in additional cash flow from operations. In addition, we might delay or curtail our acquisition of additional land, as we did during the period from April 2006 through January 2010, which would further reduce our inventory levels and cash needs. At July 31, 2015, we owned or controlled through options 45,375 home sites, as compared to 47,167 at October 31, 2014, and 49,037 at July 31, 2014. Of the 45,375 home sites owned or controlled through options at July 31, 2015, we owned 35,713. In addition, we expect to purchase approximately 3,200 additional home sites over a number of years from several joint ventures in which we have interests. Of our owned home sites at July 31, 2015, significant improvements were completed on approximately 16,000 of them.
At July 31, 2015, the aggregate purchase price of land parcels under option and purchase agreements was approximately $1.26 billion (including $171.6 million of land to be acquired from joint ventures in which we have invested). Of the $1.26 billion of land purchase commitments, we paid or deposited $76.2 million, and, if we acquire all of these land parcels, we will be required to pay an additional $1.19 billion. The purchases of these land parcels are scheduled to occur over the next several years. We have additional land parcels under option that have been excluded from the aforementioned aggregate purchase amounts since we do not believe that we will complete the purchase of these land parcels and no additional funds will be required from us to terminate these contracts.
On August 1, 2013, we entered into a Credit Facility that is scheduled to terminate on August 1, 2018. Up to 75% of the Credit Facility is available for letters of credit. At July 31, 2015, we had $220.0 million of outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility and had outstanding letters of credit of approximately $103.8 million. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, we are not permitted to allow our maximum leverage ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) to exceed 1.75 to 1.00, and we are required to maintain a minimum tangible net worth (as defined in the credit agreement) of approximately $2.61 billion at July 31, 2015. At July 31, 2015, our leverage ratio was approximately 0.70 to 1.00, and our tangible net worth was approximately $4.08 billion. Based upon the minimum tangible net worth requirement at July 31, 2015, our ability to pay dividends was limited to an aggregate amount of approximately $1.46 billion or the repurchase of our common stock of approximately $1.93 billion.
We believe that we will have adequate resources and sufficient access to the capital markets and external financing sources to continue to fund our current operations and meet our contractual obligations. Due to the uncertainties in the economy and for home builders in general, we cannot be certain that we will be able to replace existing financing or find sources of additional financing in the future.

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SEGMENTS
We operate in two reportable segments: Traditional Home Building and City Living. We operate our Traditional Home Building operations in four geographic areas around the United States: the North, consisting of Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York; the Mid-Atlantic, consisting of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia; the South, consisting of Florida, North Carolina, and Texas; and the West, consisting of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, and Washington.
The tables below summarize information, for each of our reportable and geographic segments, for the periods or as of the dates indicated.
Units Delivered and Revenues ($ amounts in millions):
 
Nine months ended July 31,

Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
Units

2014
Units

2015
$

2014
$

2015
Units

2014
Units

2015
$

2014
$
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
735

 
718

 
$
463.1

 
$
428.4

 
287

 
270

 
$
180.7

 
$
163.5

Mid-Atlantic
929

 
865

 
579.2

 
552.3

 
364

 
319

 
228.3

 
202.8

South
824

 
841

 
611.3

 
576.6

 
299

 
331

 
233.5

 
239.9

West
1,075

 
1,025

 
895.4

 
889.5

 
389

 
444

 
325.0

 
381.7

     Traditional Home Building
3,563

 
3,449

 
2,549.0

 
2,446.8

 
1,339

 
1,364

 
967.5

 
987.9

City Living
142

 
141

 
185.0

 
114.1

 
80

 
80

 
60.5

 
69.0

Total
3,705

 
3,590

 
$
2,734.0

 
$
2,560.9

 
1,419

 
1,444

 
$
1,028.0

 
$
1,056.9

Net Contracts Signed ($ amounts in millions):
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
Units

2014
Units

2015
$

2014
$
 
2015
Units
 
2014
Units
 
2015
$
 
2014
$
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
827

 
754

 
$
537.1

 
$
490.8

 
271

 
270

 
$
190.1

 
$
173.0

Mid-Atlantic
992

 
933

 
628.5

 
578.1

 
353

 
303

 
221.8

 
187.6

South
802

 
918

 
658.3

 
662.7

 
247

 
322

 
200.5

 
238.1

West
1,738

 
1,222

 
1,687.0

 
1,005.9

 
578

 
386

 
561.6

 
298.6

Traditional Home Building
4,359

 
3,827

 
3,510.9

 
2,737.5

 
1,449

 
1,281

 
1,174.0

 
897.3

City Living
114

 
162

 
191.8

 
188.2

 
30

 
43

 
59.9

 
51.8

Total
4,473

 
3,989

 
$
3,702.7

 
$
2,925.7

 
1,479

 
1,324

 
$
1,233.9

 
$
949.1

Backlog ($ amounts in millions):
 
At July 31,
 
At October 31,
 
2015
Units
 
2014
Units
 
2015
$
 
2014
$
 
2014
Units
 
2013
Units
 
2014
$
 
2013
$
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
970

 
984

 
$
638.6

 
$
624.9

 
878

 
948

 
$
564.6

 
$
562.5

Mid-Atlantic
893

 
970

 
568.8

 
598.7

 
830

 
902

 
519.5

 
573.0

South
941

 
1,033

 
770.2

 
759.6

 
963

 
956

 
723.2

 
673.5

West
1,527

 
998

 
1,488.8

 
814.9

 
864

 
675

 
697.2

 
593.2

Traditional Home Building
4,331

 
3,985

 
3,466.4

 
2,798.1

 
3,535

 
3,481

 
2,504.5

 
2,402.2

City Living
116

 
219

 
221.9

 
301.5

 
144

 
198

 
215.2

 
227.3

Total
4,447

 
4,204

 
$
3,688.3

 
$
3,099.6

 
3,679

 
3,679

 
$
2,719.7

 
$
2,629.5



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Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes:
 
Nine months ended July 31,
 
Three months ended July 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Income (loss) before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Traditional Home Building:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North
$
27.9

 
$
34.9

 
$
14.5

 
$
17.7

Mid-Atlantic
50.2

 
72.4

 
9.4

 
26.5

South
101.0

 
77.6

 
38.4

 
36.7

West
145.5

 
153.3

 
53.9

 
73.9

Traditional Home Building
324.6

 
338.2

 
116.2

 
154.8

City Living
80.3

 
35.4

 
22.3

 
26.4

Corporate and other
(86.9
)
 
(57.6
)
 
(31.0
)
 
(29.9
)
Total
$
318.0

 
$
316.0

 
$
107.5

 
$
151.3

“Corporate and other” is comprised principally of general corporate expenses such as the offices of our executive officers; the corporate finance, accounting, audit, tax, human resources, risk management, information technology, marketing, and legal groups; interest income; income from certain of our ancillary businesses, including Gibraltar; and income from a number of our unconsolidated entities.
Traditional Home Building
North
Revenues in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, were higher than those for the comparable period of fiscal 2014 by $34.7 million, or 8.1%. The increase in revenues was attributable to an increase of 5.6% in the average price of homes delivered and a 2.4% increase in the number of homes delivered. The increase in the average price of the homes delivered was primarily due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to more expensive areas and/or products and increased selling prices of homes delivered in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to those delivered in the fiscal 2014 period. The increase in the number of homes delivered was principally due to a greater number of homes being sold and delivered in the 2015 fiscal period as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
The value of net contracts signed in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015 was $537.1 million, a 9.4% increase from the $490.8 million of net contracts signed during the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. This increase was mainly due to an increase of 9.7% in the number of net contracts signed. The increase in the number of net contracts signed was primarily due to improved market conditions in Illinois, Michigan, and New Jersey.
For the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, we reported income before income taxes of $27.9 million, as compared to $34.9 million for the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. This decrease in income before income taxes was principally attributable to higher impairment charges and SG&A costs in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, and a $3.1 million decrease in earnings from land sales in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by higher earnings from increased revenues and lower interest costs in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. Inventory impairment charges in the fiscal 2015 and 2014 periods, were $14.3 million and $3.2 million, respectively.
Revenues in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015 were higher than those for the comparable period of fiscal 2014 by $17.2 million, or 10.5%. The increase in revenues was attributable to a 6.3% increase in the number of homes delivered and an increase of 4.0% in the average price of homes delivered. The increase in the number of homes delivered was primarily due to increases in Illinois and New Jersey, which had higher backlog at April 30, 2015, as compared to April 30, 2014. The increase in the average price of the homes delivered was mainly due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to more expensive areas and/or products and increased selling prices of homes delivered in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to those delivered in the fiscal 2014 period.
The value of net contracts signed in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015 was $190.1 million, a 9.9% increase from the $173.0 million of net contracts signed during the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. This increase was primarily due to a 9.5% increase in the average value of each net contract signed. The increase in the average sales price of net contracts signed was principally due to a shift in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.

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For the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, we reported income before income taxes of $14.5 million, as compared to $17.7 million for the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. This decrease in income before income taxes was mainly attributable to a $3.1 million decrease in earnings from land sales and higher impairment charges in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by higher earnings from increased revenues in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. Inventory impairment charges in the fiscal 2015 and 2014 periods were $2.8 million and $0.1 million, respectively.
Mid-Atlantic
For the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, revenues were higher than those for the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014, by $26.9 million, or 4.9%. The increase in revenues was attributable to a 7.4% increase in the number of homes delivered, offset, in part, by a 2.4% decrease in the average price of the homes delivered. The increase in the number of homes delivered was principally due to a greater number of homes being sold and delivered in the 2015 fiscal period as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The decrease in the average price of homes delivered was mainly due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to less expensive areas and/or products in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
The value of net contracts signed during the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, increased by $50.4 million, or 8.7%, from the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. The increase was due to a 6.3% increase in the number of net contracts signed and a 2.3% increase in the average value of each net contract signed. The increase in the number of net contracts signed was primarily due to an increase in demand in Pennsylvania and Virginia, offset, in part, by a decrease in the number of net contracts signed in Maryland. The increase in the average sales price of net contracts signed was principally due to a shift in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
We reported income before income taxes for the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, of $50.2 million and $72.4 million, respectively. The decrease in income before income taxes was primarily due to higher impairment charges, higher cost of revenues (excluding impairments) as a percentage of revenues, higher SG&A costs, and a $2.9 million decrease in earnings from land sales in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. These decreases were partially offset by higher earnings from the increased revenues in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. Inventory impairment charges in the fiscal 2015 and 2014 periods were $15.8 million and $5.9 million, respectively. The increase in cost of revenues (excluding impairments) as a percentage of revenues was due mainly to a change in product mix/areas to lower-margin areas in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, and a $7.0 million reversal of accrued construction costs in the fiscal 2014 period related to the determination that certain development costs previously accrued would no longer be required. The $2.9 million of earnings from land sales in the nine months ended July 31, 2014, represent previously deferred gains on our initial sales of properties to Trust II.
For the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, revenues were higher than those for the three-month period ended July 31, 2014, by $25.5 million, or 12.6%. The increase in revenues was attributable to a 14.1% increase in the number of homes delivered, offset, in part, by a 1.3% decrease in the average price of the homes delivered. The increase in the number of homes delivered was principally due to an increase in the number of homes sold in the first nine months of fiscal 2015 that were delivered in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, as compared to the number of homes sold and delivered in the fiscal 2014 periods. The decrease in the average price of homes delivered was primarily due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to less expensive areas and/or products, in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
The value of net contracts signed during the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, increased by $34.2 million, or 18.2%, from the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. The increase was due to a 16.5% increase in the number of net contracts signed and a 1.5% increase in the average value of each net contract signed. The increase in the number of net contracts signed was primarily due to an increase in demand in Pennsylvania and Virginia. The increase in the average sales price of net contracts signed was principally due to a shift in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
We reported income before income taxes for the three-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, of $9.4 million and $26.5 million, respectively. The decrease in income before income taxes was mainly due to higher impairment charges, higher cost of revenues (excluding impairments) as a percentage of revenues, and higher SG&A costs in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, partially offset by higher earnings from the increased revenues in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. Inventory impairment charges in the fiscal 2015 and 2014 periods were $15.2 million and $5.5 million, respectively. The increase in cost of revenues (excluding impairments) as a percentage of revenues was due principally to a change in product mix/areas to lower-margin areas in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, and a $7.0 million reversal of accrued construction costs in the fiscal 2014 period related to the determination that certain development costs previously accrued would no longer be required.

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South
Revenues in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, were higher than those for the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014 by $34.7 million, or 6.0%. This increase was attributable to a 8.2% increase in the average price of the homes delivered partially offset by a 2.0% decrease in the number of homes delivered. The increase in the average price of the homes delivered was primarily attributable to a shift in the number of homes delivered to more expensive areas and/or products in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The decrease in the number of homes delivered was principally due to a lower number of homes being sold and delivered in the 2015 fiscal period as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
For the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, the value of net contracts signed decreased by $4.4 million, or 0.7%, as compared to the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. The decrease was attributable to a decrease of 12.6% in the number of net contracts signed, offset, in part, by a 13.7% increase in the average value of each contract signed. The decrease in the number of net contracts signed was principally due to decreased demand. The increase in the average sales price of net contracts signed was mainly due to a shift in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products and increases in base selling prices, primarily in Florida and Texas, in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
For the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, we reported income before income taxes of $101.0 million and $77.6 million, respectively. The increase in income before income taxes was primarily due to higher earnings from increased revenues, lower cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues, and a $8.4 million increase in earnings from our investments in unconsolidated entities in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, partially offset by higher SG&A costs in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The decrease in cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues was due principally to a change in product mix/areas to higher-margin areas in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
Revenues in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, were lower than those for the three-month period ended July 31, 2014, by $6.4 million, or 2.7%. This decrease was attributable to a 9.7% decrease in the number of homes delivered, offset, in party by a 7.8% increase in the average price of the homes delivered. The decrease in the number of homes delivered was primarily due to slower delivery of backlog at October 31, 2014, as compared to October 31, 2013. The increase in the average price of the homes delivered was principally attributable to a shift in the number of homes delivered to more expensive areas and/or products in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
For the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, the value of net contracts signed decreased by $37.6 million, or 15.8%, as compared to the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. The decrease was attributable to a decrease of 23.3% in the number of net contracts signed, offset, in part, by a 9.8% increase in the average value of each contract signed. The decrease in the number of net contracts signed was principally due to decreased demand. The increase in the average sales price of net contracts signed was mainly due to a shift in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products and increases in base selling prices, primarily in Florida and Texas, in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
For the three-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, we reported income before income taxes of $38.4 million and $36.7 million, respectively. The increase in income before income taxes was principally due to a $1.9 million increase in earnings from our investments in unconsolidated entities and an increase in earnings from land sales of $1.9 million in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, partially offset by lower earnings from decreased revenues in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
West
Revenues in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, were higher than those in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014 by $5.9 million, or 0.7%. The increase in revenues was attributable to a 4.9% increase in the number of homes delivered, partially offset by a 4.0% decrease in the average price of the homes delivered. In the three-month period ended January 31, 2015, we delivered 98 homes with a value of $94.4 million at communities we acquired through the Acquisition in February 2014. Excluding these Shapell deliveries, revenues in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, were lower than those in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014, by $88.5 million, or 9.9%. The decrease in revenues, excluding these Shapell deliveries, was due to a 5.5% decrease in the average price of homes delivered and a 4.7% decrease in the number of homes delivered. The decrease in the average price of homes delivered, excluding these Shapell deliveries, was primarily due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to less expensive products and/or locations. The decrease in the number of homes delivered, excluding these Shapell deliveries, was mainly attributable to a decrease in the number of communities in California where we were delivering homes, offset, in part, by an increase in the number of home delivered in Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada due primarily to an increase in backlog at October 31, 2014, as compared to October 31, 2013.
The value of net contracts signed during the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, increased $681.1 million, or 67.7%, as compared to the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. This increase was due to an increase of 42.2% in the number of net contracts signed and a 17.9% increase in the average value of each net contract. During the three-month period ended

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January 31, 2015, we signed 134 contracts with a value of $146.5 million at communities we acquired through the Acquisition. Excluding these Shapell net contracts signed, the value of net contracts signed during the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, increased by $534.6 million, or 53.1%, as compared to the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. The increase in the value of net contracts signed, excluding these Shapell net contracts signed, was due to an increase of 31.3% in the number of net contracts signed and a 16.7% increase in the average value of each net contract signed. The increase in the number of net contracts signed, excluding these Shapell net contracts signed, was primarily due to an increase in selling communities in Arizona, Nevada, and Washington and an increase in demand in California in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The increase in the average sales price of net contracts signed, excluding these Shapell net contracts signed, was principally due to a shift in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products and increases in selling prices in California, Colorado, and Nevada, in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
For the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, we reported income before income taxes of $145.5 million and $153.3 million, respectively. The decrease in income before income taxes was principally due to a decrease in earnings from land sales of $10.7 million and higher SG&A costs in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by lower cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues and a $4.2 million increase in earnings from our investments in unconsolidated entities in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The decrease in cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in the fiscal 2015 period was mainly due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to higher-margin products and/or locations and the lower impact of the application of purchase accounting from the homes delivered from the Acquisition in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by a $6.1 million charge in the fiscal 2015 period for expected costs to be incurred in the repair or settlement of construction defect claims at a number of completed multifamily communities.
Revenues in the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, were lower than those in the three-month period ended July 31, 2014, by $56.7 million, or 14.9%. The decrease in revenues was attributable to a 12.4% decrease in the number of homes delivered and a 2.8% decrease in the average price of the homes delivered. The decrease in the number of homes delivered was primarily attributable to a decrease in the number of communities in California where we were delivering homes, offset, in part, an increase in the number of home delivered in Arizona and Colorado due principally to an increase in backlog at October 31, 2014, as compared to October 31, 2013. The decrease in the average price of the homes delivered was mainly due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to less expensive products and/or locations.
The value of net contracts signed during the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, increased $263.0 million, or 88.1%, as compared to the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. This increase was due to an increase of 49.7% in the number of net contracts signed and a 25.6% increase in the average value of each net contract. The increase in the number of net contracts signed was principally due to an increase in selling communities in Arizona and Nevada and an increase in demand in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The increase in the average sales price of net contracts signed was mainly due to a shift in the number of contracts signed to more expensive areas and/or products and increases in selling prices in California, in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
For the three-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, we reported income before income taxes of $53.9 million and $73.9 million, respectively. The decrease in income before income taxes was primarily due to lower earnings from decreased revenues, a decrease in earnings from land sales of $6.4 million, and higher SG&A costs in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by lower cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues and a $3.7 million increase in earnings from our investments in unconsolidated entities in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The decrease in cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in the fiscal 2015 period was principally due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to higher-margin products and/or locations and the lower impact of the application of purchase accounting from the homes delivered from the Acquisition in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by a $5.8 million charge in the fiscal 2015 period for expected costs to be incurred in the repair or settlement of construction defect claims at a number of completed multifamily communities.
City Living
For the nine months ended July 31, 2015, revenues were higher than those for the nine months ended July 31, 2014, by $70.9 million, or 62.1%. The increase in revenues was primarily attributable to an increase of 61.0% in the average price of homes delivered. The increase in the average price of homes delivered was principally due to closings in the fiscal 2015 period at one of our high-rise buildings located in New York City, where average prices were higher.
For the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, the value of net contracts signed increased by $3.6 million, or 1.9%, as compared to the nine-month period ended July 31, 2014. The increase was attributable to a 44.8% increase in the average value of net contracts signed, partially offset by a decrease of 29.6% in the number of net contracts signed. The increase in the average value of net contracts signed was principally due to a shift in the number of net contracts signed from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market to the metro New York City market, where the average value of each contract signed is higher. The

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decrease in the number of net contracts signed in the nine-month period ended July 31, 2015, was mainly due to slower demand in the first three months of fiscal 2015 and to a decline in the number of net contracts signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, due to lower product availability.
We reported income before income taxes of $80.3 million in the nine months ended July 31, 2015, as compared to income before income taxes of $35.4 million in the nine months ended July 31, 2014. The increase in income before income taxes was primarily attributable to higher earnings from increased revenues, lower cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues, and higher management fee income in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, and $3.6 million of earnings from the sale of commercial space at one of our high-rise buildings located in the urban New York market in the fiscal 2015 period. The decrease in cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in the fiscal 2015 period was mainly due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to higher-margin products and/or locations.
For the three months ended July 31, 2015, revenues were lower than those for the three months ended July 31, 2014, by $8.5 million, or 12.3%. The decrease in revenues was primarily attributable to a decrease of 12.3% in the average price of the homes delivered. The decrease in the average price of homes delivered was mainly due to a shift in the number of homes closed from the metro New York City market to the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market, where average selling prices were lower.
For the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, the value of net contracts signed increased by $8.1 million, or 15.6%, as compared to the three-month period ended July 31, 2014. The increase was attributable to a 65.8% increase in the average value of net contracts signed, partially offset by a decrease of 30.2% in the number of net contracts signed. The increase in the average value of net contracts signed was principally due to a shift in the number of net contracts signed from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market to the metro New York City market, where the average value of each contract signed is higher. The decrease in the number of net contracts signed was mainly due to a decline in the number of net contracts signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania due to lower product availability in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
We reported income before income taxes of $22.3 million in the three months ended July 31, 2015, as compared to income before income taxes of $26.4 million in the three months ended July 31, 2014. The decrease in income before income taxes was primarily attributable to lower earnings from decreased revenues and higher cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by higher management fee income in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period. The increase in cost of revenues as a percentage of revenues in the fiscal 2015 period was mainly due to a shift in the number of homes delivered to lower-margin products and/or locations.
Corporate and Other
For the nine-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, corporate and other loss before income taxes was $86.9 million and $57.6 million, respectively. The increase was principally due to a decrease in income from unconsolidated entities from $37.5 million in the fiscal 2014 period to $4.1 million in the fiscal 2015 period, decreased income from our Gibraltar operations, and higher SG&A costs in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by an increase of $12.2 million in income from ancillary businesses. The decrease in income from unconsolidated entities was due primarily to our recognition of a $23.5 million gain representing our share of the gain on the sale by Trust II of substantially all of its assets to an unrelated party in December 2013 and a $12.0 million distribution from the Trust in April 2014 due to the refinancing of one of the Trust’s apartment properties. The increase in the fiscal 2015 period in income from ancillary businesses was mainly due to the recognition of an $8.1 million gain from a bulk sale of security monitoring accounts by our home security monitoring business in the fiscal 2015 period.
For the three-month periods ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, corporate and other loss before income taxes was $31.0 million and $29.9 million, respectively. The increase was principally due to decreased income from our Gibraltar operations and higher SG&A costs in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period, offset, in part, by higher earnings from our ancillary businesses and land sales in the fiscal 2015 period, as compared to the fiscal 2014 period.
Available Information
Our principal Internet address is www.tollbrothers.com, and our Investor Relations website is located at www.tollbrothers.com/investor_relations. We make our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 available through our Investor Relations website, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC.
We provide information about our business and financial performance, including our corporate profile, on our Investor Relations website. Additionally, we webcast our earnings calls and certain events we participate in with members of the investment community on our Investor Relations website. Further corporate governance information, including our code of ethics, code of business conduct, corporate governance guidelines, and board committee charters, is also available on our

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Investor Relations website. The content of our websites is not incorporated by reference into this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or in any other report or document we file with the SEC, and any references to our websites are intended to be inactive textual references only.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to market risk primarily due to fluctuations in interest rates. We utilize both fixed-rate and variable-rate debt. For fixed-rate debt, changes in interest rates generally affect the fair market value of the debt instrument, but not our earnings or cash flow. Conversely, for variable-rate debt, changes in interest rates generally do not impact the fair value of the debt instrument, but do affect our earnings and cash flow. We do not have the obligation to prepay fixed-rate debt prior to maturity, and, as a result, interest rate risk and changes in fair value should not have a significant impact on our fixed-rate debt until we are required or elect to refinance it.
The table below sets forth, at July 31, 2015, our debt obligations by scheduled maturity, weighted-average interest rates, and estimated fair value (amounts in thousands):
 
 
 
Fixed-rate debt
 
Variable-rate debt (a)
Fiscal year of maturity
 
 
Amount
 
Weighted-
average
interest rate
 
Amount
 
Weighted-
average
interest rate
2015
 
 
$
8,720

 
4.96%
 
$
100,000

 
2.19%
2016
 
 
64,902

 
4.06%
 
150

 
0.14%
2017
 
 
414,152

 
8.74%
 
150

 
0.14%
2018
 
 
11,741

 
3.62%
 
220,150

 
1.69%
2019
 
 
355,339

 
4.00%
 
500,150

 
1.59%
Thereafter (b)
 
 
1,635,288

 
4.66%
 
13,510

 
0.13%
Discount
 
 
(1,308
)
 

 
 
 

Total
 
 
$
2,488,834

 
5.22%
 
$
834,110

 
1.66%
Fair value at July 31, 2015
 
 
$
2,685,075

 
 
 
$
834,110

 
 
(a)
Based upon the amount of variable-rate debt outstanding at July 31, 2015, and holding the variable-rate debt balance constant, each 1% increase in interest rates would increase the interest incurred by us by approximately $8.3 million per year.
(b)
The fixed-rate debt amount includes $287.5 million principal amount of 0.5% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2032 (the “0.5% Senior Notes”). The 0.5% Senior Notes are exchangeable into shares of our common stock at an exchange rate of 20.3749 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes, corresponding to an initial exchange price of approximately $49.08 per share of common stock. Holders of the 0.5% Senior Notes will have the right to require Toll Brothers Finance Corp. to repurchase their notes for cash equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest, on each of December 15, 2017, September 15, 2022, and September 15, 2027. We will have the right to redeem the 0.5% Senior Notes on or after September 15, 2017, for cash equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Any controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected; however, our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives.
Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, with the assistance of management, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management,

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including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
There has not been any change in our internal control over financial reporting (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during our quarter ended July 31, 2015, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are involved in various claims and litigation arising principally in the ordinary course of business. We believe that adequate provision for resolution of all current claims and pending litigation has been made for probable losses and that the disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and liquidity or on our financial condition.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
There have been no material changes in our risk factors as previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A., “Risk Factors,” in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
During the three-month period ended July 31, 2015, we repurchased the following shares of our common stock:
Period
 
Total number
of shares purchased (a)
 
Average
price
paid per share
 
Total number
of shares
purchased as part of
publicly announced plans or programs (b)
 
Maximum
number of shares
that may yet be
purchased under the plans or programs (b)
 
 
(in thousands)
 
 
 
(in thousands)
 
(in thousands)
May 1, 2015 to May 31, 2015
 
1

 
$
36.28

 
1

 
19,988

June 1, 2015 to June 30, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19,988

July 1, 2015 to July 31, 2015
 
2

 
$
38.64

 
2

 
19,986

Total
 
3

 
$
37.64

 
3

 
 
(a)
Our stock incentive plans permit us to withhold from the total number of shares that otherwise would be issued to a restricted stock unit recipient upon distribution that number of shares having a fair value at the time of distribution equal to the applicable income tax withholdings due and remit the remaining shares to the restricted stock unit recipient. During the three months ended July 31, 2015, we withheld 515 of the shares subject to restricted stock units to cover $19,100 of income tax withholdings and we issued the remaining 1,201 shares to the recipients. The 515 shares withheld are not included in the total number of shares purchased in the table above.
(b)
On December 16, 2014, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of 20 million shares of our common stock in open market transactions or otherwise for the purpose of providing shares for the Company’s equity award and other employee benefit plans and for any other additional purpose or purposes as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors did not fix any expiration date for this repurchase program.
Except as set forth above, we have not repurchased any of our equity securities during the three-month period ended July 31, 2015.
We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date and expect that, for the foreseeable future, we will not do so.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
31.1*
Certification of Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
31.2*
Certification of Martin P. Connor pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
32.1*
Certification of Douglas C. Yearley, Jr. pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
32.2*
Certification of Martin P. Connor pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
 
101.INS*
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
101.SCH*
XBRL Schema Document
 
 
101.CAL*
XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
101.LAB*
XBRL Labels Linkbase Document
 
 
101.PRE*
XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
101.DEF*
XBRL Definition Linkbase Document
*
Filed electronically herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
September 3, 2015
By:
 
/s/ Martin P. Connor

 
 
 
 
Martin P. Connor
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
September 3, 2015
By:
 
/s/ Joseph R. Sicree
 
 
 
 
Joseph R. Sicree
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)


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