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EXHIBIT 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 23, 2006  		CONTACT: Frederick N. Cooper (215) 938-8312
fcooper@tollbrothersinc.com
Joseph R. Sicree (215) 938-8045
jsicree@tollbrothersinc.com 

TOLL BROTHERS REPORTS FY 2006 1ST QTR EPS OF $0.98, UP 48% VS FY 2005
NET INCOME OF $163.9 MILLION RISES 49% VS FY 2005

Horsham, PA, February 23, 2006 – Toll Brothers, Inc., (NYSE:TOL) (www.tollbrothers.com), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today reported that, for its first quarter ended January 31, 2006, net income rose 49% to $163.9 million; revenues rose 35% to $1.34 billion; first quarter-end backlog rose 22% to $5.95 billion; and signed contracts of $1.14 billion declined 21%, compared to FY 2005’s record first quarter results. The earnings, revenue and backlog totals were first quarter records, while contracts were the second highest first quarter total in the Company’s history.

Robert I. Toll, chairman and chief executive officer, stated: “Based on strong demographics, restrictive land approval regulations and our supply of 87,000 lots, we believe Toll Brothers is well-positioned for growth. Over the next couple of quarters, however, we will continue to face tough comparisons with last year.

“In 2005, demand for new homes in many markets was propelled to unsustainable levels by speculative buying. We are now on the other side of that slope. Speculative demand has ceased and speculators are now putting their homes back on the market. The result has been more supply than demand in some regions. Markets such as metro Washington, D.C., which are sound economically and showing healthy job growth, will need to work through their excess supply before the imbalance once again tips in our favor. When that happens, we believe builders such as Toll Brothers, who control the largest share of well-located approved sites, should prosper.

“Although we ended the quarter with a record 258 selling communities, sales remain constrained at the many communities we have with backlogs of twelve months or more. We are optimistic that as these backlogs are reduced and new communities are opened, sales should improve.

“Based on our current projections, FY 2006’s financial results should either be the best or second best year in our history, with net income of between $790 million and $870 million, earnings per share of between $4.77 and $5.26, and return on beginning equity of approximately 30%.

Our primary goal is to grow our earnings and revenues, as we have for the past fifteen years, by finding great land deals, broadening our product lines, expanding geographically, and building our brand, but we remain open to share repurchases and other opportunities to increase shareholder value. Since February 1, 2006 the start of our second quarter, we have repurchased about 1 million shares in addition to the 2.6 million shares we acquired during the previous two quarters.

“As we look to the future, we believe many factors are in our favor. On the demand side, according to a recent Harvard University study, household growth should continue to accelerate and generate very healthy demand for new homes in the next ten years. And with the increase in affluent households outpacing the population at large, we believe our luxury market should remain strong. On the supply side, approval processes in affluent markets continue to take more time, cost more money and require greater expertise, making buildable home sites increasingly scarce and more valuable. Based on our historical rate of expansion, we already control sites for at least five or six years of growth, and have the capital and land approval expertise to continue to thrive.”

Toll Brothers’ financial highlights for the three-month period ended January 31, 2006 (unaudited):

• FY 2006’s first-quarter net income of $163.9 million grew 49% versus FY 2005’s first-quarter net income of $110.2 million. FY 2006’s first-quarter earnings of $0.98 per share diluted grew 48% versus FY 2005’s first quarter of $0.66 per share diluted, the previous first-quarter record. 
   
• FY 2006’s first-quarter total revenues of $1.34 billion increased 35% over FY 2005’s first-quarter revenues of $990.3 million, the previous first-quarter record. FY 2006’s first-quarter home building revenues of $1.34 billion increased 35% over FY 2005’s first-quarter home building revenues of $989.1 million, the previous first-quarter record. Revenues from land sales totaled $4.7 million in FY 2006’s first quarter, compared to $1.2 million in FY 2005’s first quarter. 
   
• In addition, in the Company’s FY 2006 first quarter, unconsolidated entities in which the Company had an interest delivered $52.1 million of homes compared to $26.4 million during the same period in FY 2005. The Company’s share of profits from the delivery of these homes is included in “Equity Earnings from Unconsolidated Entities” on the Company’s Income Statement. 
   
• In FY 2006, the Company’s first-quarter-end backlog of $5.95 billion increased 22% over FY 2005’s first-quarter-end backlog of $4.89 billion, the previous first-quarter record. FY 2006’s total included $128.3 million of beginning backlog from the Company’s Hoboken, New Jersey tower complex, Maxwell Place, which previously had been included in unconsolidated entities. In addition, at the end of first quarter 2006, unconsolidated entities in which the Company had an interest had a backlog of $20.8 million. 
   
• The Company’s FY 2006 first-quarter contracts of $1.14 billion declined by 21% compared to FY 2005’s first-quarter contracts of $1.44 billion, the first-quarter record. In addition, in first quarter 2006, unconsolidated entities in which the Company had an interest signed contracts of $16.8 million. 
   

Toll Brothers will be broadcasting live via the Investor Relations section of its website, www.tollbrothers.com, a conference call hosted by chairman and chief executive officer Robert I. Toll at 2:00 p.m. (EST) today, February 23, 2006, to discuss these results and our outlook for the remainder of fiscal 2006. Prior to this conference call, the company intends to file a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing its guidance for expected results of operations for Fiscal 2006 which will be discussed on the call. To access the call, enter the Toll Brothers website, then click on the Investor Relations page, and select “Conference Calls”. Participants are encouraged to log on at least fifteen minutes prior to the start of the presentation to register and download any necessary software. The call can be heard live with an on-line replay which will follow and continue through May 1, 2006.

Toll Brothers, Inc. is the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes. The Company began business in 1967 and became a public company in 1986. Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific Exchange under the symbol “TOL”. The Company serves move-up, empty-nester, active-adult and second-home home buyers and operates in 21 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

Toll Brothers builds luxury single-family detached and attached home communities, master planned luxury residential resort-style golf communities and urban low-, mid- and high-rise communities, principally on land it develops and improves. The Company operates its own architectural, engineering, mortgage, title, land development and land sale, golf course development and management, home security, landscape, cable T.V. and broadband Internet delivery subsidiaries. The Company also operates its own lumber distribution, and house component assembly and manufacturing operations.

Toll Brothers, a FORTUNE 500 Company and #102 on the Forbes Platinum 400 based on five-year annualized total return performance, is the only publicly traded national home building company to have won all three of the industry’s highest honors: America’s Best Builder from the National Association of Home Builders, the National Housing Quality Award, and Builder of the Year. Toll Brothers proudly supports the communities in which it builds; among other philanthropic pursuits, the Company now sponsors the Toll Brothers -Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, bringing opera to neighborhoods throughout the world. For more information, visit tollbrothers.com.

Certain information included herein and in other Company reports, SEC filings, statements and presentations is forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements concerning anticipated operating results, financial resources, changes in revenues, changes in profitability, interest expense, growth and expansion, anticipated income to be realized from our investments in unconsolidated entities, the ability to acquire land, the ability to secure governmental approvals and the ability to open new communities, the ability to sell homes and properties, the ability to deliver homes from backlog, the average delivered price of homes, the ability to secure materials and subcontractors, the ability to maintain the liquidity and capital necessary to expand and take advantage of future opportunities, and stock market valuations. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantl y affect actual results and cause them to differ materially from expectations expressed herein and in other Company reports, SEC filings, statements and presentations. These risks and uncertainties include local, regional and national economic conditions, the demand for homes, domestic and international political events, uncertainties created by terrorist attacks, the effects of governmental regulation, the competitive environment in which the Company operates, fluctuations in interest rates, changes in home prices, the availability and cost of land for future growth, the availability of capital, uncertainties and fluctuations in capital and securities markets, changes in tax laws and their interpretation, legal proceedings, the availability of adequate insurance at reasonable cost, the ability of customers to finance the purchase of homes, the availability and cost of labor and materials, and weather conditions.

TOLL BROTHERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands)
  January 31,   October 31,  
2006 2005
 
 
 
  (Unaudited)        
ASSETS            
             
   Cash and cash equivalents $ 363,563   $ 689,219  
   Inventory   5,531,129     5,068,624  
   Property, construction and office equipment, net   88,444     79,524  
   Receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets   178,008     185,620  
   Contracts receivable   57,569        
   Mortgage loans receivable   49,017     99,858  
   Customer deposits held in escrow   85,126     68,601  
   Investments in and advances to unconsolidated entities   206,222     152,394  
 
 
 
  $ 6,559,078   $ 6,343,840  
 
 
 
             
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY            
             
   Liabilities:            
   Loans payable $ 388,847   $ 250,552  
   Senior notes   1,140,312     1,140,028  
   Senior subordinated notes   350,000     350,000  
   Mortgage company warehouse loan   38,406     89,674  
   Customer deposits   432,608     415,602  
   Accounts payable   226,763     256,557  
   Accrued expenses   735,641     791,769  
   Income taxes payable   300,610     282,147  
 
 
 
         Total liabilities   3,613,187     3,576,329  
 
 
 
             
   Minority interest   3,940     3,940  
             
   Stockholders’ equity:            
   Common stock   1,563     1,563  
   Additional paid-in capital   228,110     242,546  
   Retained earnings   2,739,911     2,576,061  
   Treasury stock   (27,633 )   (56,599 )
 
 
 
         Total stockholders’ equity   2,941,951     2,763,571  
 
 
 
  $ 6,559,078   $ 6,343,840  
 
 
 

TOLL BROTHERS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

  Three months ended  
  January 31,  
  2006   2005  
 
 
 
Revenues:            
   Traditional home sales $ 1,278,709   $ 989,097  
   Percentage of completion   57,569        
   Land sales   4,678     1,225  
 
 
 
    1,340,956     990,322  
 
 
 
Costs of revenues:            
   Traditional home sales   884,091     685,493  
   Percentage of completion   47,346        
   Land sales   3,836     779  
   Interest   28,754     21,812  
 
 
 
    964,027     708,084  
 
 
 
             
Selling, general and administrative   139,178     107,065  
 
 
 
Income from operations   237,751     175,173  
Other:            
   Equity earnings from unconsolidated entities   16,569     1,935  
   Interest and other   11,327     6,883  
 
 
 
Income before income taxes   265,647     183,991  
Income taxes   101,797     73,798  
 
 
 
Net income $ 163,850   $ 110,193  
 
 
 
             
Earnings per share:            
   Basic $ 1.06   $ 0.73  
 
 
 
   Diluted $ 0.98   $ 0.66  
 
 
 
             
Weighted average number of shares:            
   Basic   155,076     151,653  
   Diluted   167,027     166,084  
             
Additional information:            
   Interest incurred $ 32,431   $ 29,150  
 
 
 
   Depreciation and amortization $ 7,113   $ 5,201  
 
 
 
   Interest expense by source of revenue            
      Traditional home sales $ 26,830   $ 21,758  
      Percentage of completion   1,417        
      Land sales   507     54  
 
 
 
  $ 28,754   $ 21,812  
 
 
 

    UNITS   $ (MILL)  
   
 
 
    1st Qtr.    1st Qtr.    1stQtr.    1stQtr.   
HOME BUILDING REVENUES 2006 2005 2006 2005
 
 
 
 
 
Northeast   (CT, MA, NJ, NY, RI)   308   229   196.0   123.3  
Mid-Atlantic     (DE, MD, PA, VA)   589   663   393.6   386.9  
Midwest             (IL, MI, MN, OH)   109   95   75.6   57.0  
Southeast          (FL, NC, SC)   397   155   212.9   84.4  
Southwest         (AZ, CO, NV, TX)   340   248   247.3   155.8  
West    (CA)   136   200   153.3   181.7  
   
 
 
 
 
         Total traditional   1,879   1,590   1,278.7   989.1  
Percentage of completion*           57.6      
   
 
 
 
 
         Total consolidated   1,879   1,590   1,336.3   989.1  
Unconsolidated entities   99   63   52.1   26.4  
   
 
 
 
 
    1,978   1,653   1,388.4   1,015.5  
   
 
 
 
 
                   
CONTRACTS                  
                 
Northeast   (CT, MA, NJ, NY, RI)   198   319   135.3   200.7  
Mid-Atlantic     (DE, MD, PA, VA)   456   767   313.5   471.4  
Midwest             (IL, MI, MN, OH)   67   112   42.1   78.0  
Southeast          (FL, NC, SC)   254   379   164.0   202.3  
Southwest         (AZ, CO, NV, TX)   307   366   229.4   254.3  
West    (CA)   113   228   125.2   233.4  
   
 
 
 
 
         Total traditional   1,395   2,171   1,009.5   1,440.1  
Percentage of completion*   149   2   130.4   3.0  
   
 
 
 
 
         Total consolidated   1,544   2,173   1,139.9   1,443.1  
Unconsolidated entities   28   36   16.8   15.6  
   
 
 
 
 
    1,572   2,209   1,156.7   1,458.7  
   
 
 
 
 
                   
BACKLOG                  
                 
Northeast   (CT, MA, NJ, NY, RI)   1,242   1,118   841.1   676.8  
Mid-Atlantic     (DE, MD, PA, VA)   2,197   2,349   1,486.3   1,456.8  
Midwest             (IL, MI, MN, OH)   401   463   285.5   305.4  
Southeast          (FL, NC, SC)   1,877   894   1,028.4   517.1  
Southwest         (AZ, CO, NV, TX)   1,816   1,469   1,291.2   948.2  
West    (CA)   573   941   642.0   916.2  
   
 
 
 
 
         Total traditional   8,106   7,234   5,574.5   4,820.5  
   
 
 
 
 
Percentage of completion*                  
               Undelivered   529   58   429.7   67.4  
               Less, revenue recognized           (57.6)      
   
 
 
 
 
Net percentage of completion   529   58   372.1   67.4  
   
 
 
 
 
         Total consolidated   8,635   7,292   5,946.6   4,887.9  
Unconsolidated entities   32   147   20.8   65.0  
   
 
 
 
 
    8,667   7,439   5,967.4   4,952.9  
   
 
 
 
 

*Mid- and High-Rise projects that are accounted for under the percentage of completion accounting method. See details below.

PERCENTAGE OF COMPLETION                  
    UNITS     $ (MILL)    
   
HOME BUILDING REVENUES   1st Qtr.    1st Qtr.    1stQtr.    1stQtr.   
2006 2005 2006 2005
 
 
 
 
 
Northeast           39.7   N/A  
Southeast           17.9      
           
 
 
       Total           57.6   N/A  
           
 
 
                   
CONTRACTS                  
                 
Northeast   131       116.4      
Mid-Atlantic   13       5.3      
Southeast   —   2   4.7   3.0  
Southwest   5       4.0      
   
 
 
 
 
       Total   149   2   130.4   3.0  
   
 
 
 
 
                   
BACKLOG                  
                 
Northeast   402       299.2      
Mid-Atlantic   43       18.3      
Southeast   72   58   102.7   67.4  
Southwest   12       9.5      
Less, revenue recognized           (57.6 )    
   
 
 
 
 
       Total-Net   529   58   372.1   67.4