AP - Luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc. said Tuesday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 19 percent as a downturn in the housing market resulted in a dip in revenue and caused the company to reduce the number of lots it controls.

Reuters - Luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc. on Tuesday reported lower quarterly profit, hurt by falling orders and deteriorating market demand.

Reuters - Toll Brothers Inc. , the largest U.S. luxury home builder, said on Wednesday signed contracts were down 45 percent in the quarter just ended when compared with a year ago, as the U.S. housing market continued to slide.

AP - U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher start on Tuesday, with homebuilder Toll Brothers likely to be in focus after it cut its earnings guidance for 2006.

Reuters - Toll Brothers , the leading U.S. luxury home builder, reported fiscal quarterly profit rose 3 percent on higher home prices, but the company lowered its earnings forecast for the year in another signal of a slowing U.S. home market.