by Calculated Risk on 12/27/2007 02:56:00 PM
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Homebuilder TOUSA Sees Rating Reduction, BK Being "Considered"
Update: from Reuters: Moody's may cut Technical Olympic deeper into junk (hat tip Mike)
From Bloomberg (no link yet, hat tip Brian): TOUSA, Florida Homebuilder, May See Rating Reduction
TOUSA ... will see its debt rating slashed to default status if it fails to make Jan. 1 interest payments on senior notes, Standard & Poor's said today.TOUSA was the #13 largest builder in 2006 according to BuilderOnline. I believe the largest home builder to go bankrupt so far was #50 Levitt & Sons. Here is the BuilderOnline top 100.
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TOUSA is considering several restructuring options, including a potential Chapter 11 filing, S&P said.