Taylor Morrison Reports Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (the “Company” or “Taylor Morrison”) (NYSE: TMHC) announced today financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013. Earnings per share were $0.43 on net income for the quarter of $53.1 million. This compared to net income of $42.6 million for the third quarter of 2012.

“We are pleased to share our third quarter 2013 results, which demonstrate the continued success of our strategy and execution of our operations. As the homebuilding industry recovery continues to evolve, I believe it’s important to highlight our approach and reiterate how well-positioned for the future I believe we are,” said Sheryl Palmer, President and CEO. “Our strategy continues to be built for the long-term and the results we’re releasing today exhibit how our research-based approach to underwriting and consumer segmentation, as well as our land development expertise and efficient cost structure, have continued to serve us well into the recovery.”

Net sales orders in the Company’s U.S. operations increased 12% in the third quarter of 2013 with a continued focus on higher priced homes for move-up buyers. Net sales orders in the Company’s Canadian operations declined by 33% as high-rise inventory available for sale was limited due to the timing of wholly-owned high-rise tower launches in the third quarter of last year. Net sales orders on a Company-wide basis increased 3.2% to 1,163 in the third quarter of 2013, as compared to 1,127 in the third quarter of last year. During the quarter, average community count increased by 41% to 174. The Company’s overall monthly absorption pace was 2.2 net sales orders per community in the third quarter of 2013 compared to 3.1 for the third quarter of 2012.

The sales order backlog value in the U.S. increased 76% to $1.1 billion at September 30, 2013 from $626.3 million at September 30, 2012 and 48% in units to 2,580 homes at September 30, 2013 as compared to 1,747 at September 30, 2012. The Company’s consolidated sales order backlog value increased 28% to approximately $1.5 billion at September 30, 2013 from $1.2 billion at September 30, 2012, as backlog units increased 12% to 3,684 homes at September 30, 2013 compared with 3,302 homes at September 30, 2012. The third quarter 2013 cancellation rate, representing cancelled sales orders divided by gross sales orders, was 15%, as compared to 13.4% in the third quarter of 2012.

Home closings revenue totaled $622.1 million in the third quarter of 2013, benefiting from an 83% increase in homes closed, from 878 in the 2012 quarter to 1,606 during the 2013 quarter. Average home closing price increased 12% to $387,000, while average home closing price in the U.S. increased 24% to nearly $400,000 year-over-year. Adjusted home closings gross margin in the third quarter of 2013, which excludes capitalized interest, was 23.8%, an improvement of 95 basis points from the second quarter of 2013. Adjusted home closings gross margin declined 50 basis points as compared to the third quarter of 2012. Home closings gross margin dollars increased 97% to $132.4 million in the 2013 third quarter as compared to the prior year quarter. Home closings gross margin in the third quarter of 2013 declined to 21.3%, compared to 22.2% in the third quarter of 2012.

The Company’s mortgage company, Taylor Morrison Home Funding (“TMHF”) reported a gross margin of $3.4 million on mortgage operations revenue of $7.8 million for the quarter. The mortgage capture rate for TMHF was 79% year-to-date.

Selling, general and administrative expenses were $59.0 million, or 9.5% of home closings revenue for the 2013 third quarter compared to $32.3 million, or 10.7% of home closings revenue for the third quarter of 2012. Equity in net income of unconsolidated entities, which represents the Company’s investments in homebuilding joint ventures, was $9.4 million in the third quarter of 2013 as compared to $3.7 million in the third quarter of 2012.

The Company ended the third quarter of 2013 with $374.3 million of cash, including $18.9 million of restricted cash. Our net debt to capital ratio was 40.9% at the end of the quarter and we had no borrowings under our $400 million unsecured revolving credit facility. Homebuilding inventories at the end of the 2013 third quarter totaled $2.3 billion, an increase of 78% from $1.3 billion at September 30, 2012. The Company owned or controlled more than 45,000 lots at September 30, 2013 compared with approximately 35,000 lots at September 30, 2012.

“For all of 2013, we anticipate our closings to increase by approximately 50% and gross margins to be accretive from 2012. SG&A, as a percentage of homebuilding revenue, is anticipated to be consistent with last year and income from unconsolidated joint ventures is expected to be between $33 million and $35 million. As a reminder, our full year results will include $198 million of one-time charges related to our initial public offering, early extinguishment of debt and the tax indemnification charge,” said Dave Cone, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “For the fourth quarter of this year, we anticipate closings to increase by 25% to 30 % year-over-year, while community count should be up 45% to 50%. Income from unconsolidated joint ventures is anticipated to be between $12 million and $14 million, reflecting the closings in two Joint Venture towers.”

Earnings Conference Call

A conference call to discuss the Company’s third quarter 2013 earnings will be held at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. The call will be broadcast live on the Internet and can be accessed through the Company’s website at www.taylormorrison.com. If you are unable to participate in the conference call, the call will be archived at www.taylormorrison.com for one year. A replay of the conference call will also be available later today by calling 1 (888) 843-7419 or 1 (630) 652-3042 and entering 3587 3702 as the confirmation number.

Forward-Looking Statements

This earnings release includes forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities, as well as those of the markets we serve or intend to serve, to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate to matters of a strictly factual or historical nature and generally discuss or relate to forecasts, estimates or other expectations regarding future events. Generally, the words believe, expect, intend, estimate, anticipate, project, may, can, could, might, will and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, including statements related to expected operating and performing results, planned transactions, planned objectives of management, future developments or conditions in the industries in which we participate and other trends, developments and uncertainties that may affect our business in the future.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among other things: interest rate changes and the availability of mortgage financing; continued volatility in the debt and equity markets; competition within the industries in which Taylor Morrison operates; the availability and cost of land and other raw materials used by Taylor Morrison in its home building operations; the impact of any changes to our strategy in responding to continuing adverse conditions in the industry, including any changes regarding our land positions; the availability and cost of insurance covering risks associated with Taylor Morrison’s businesses; shortages and the cost of labor; weather related slowdowns; slow growth initiatives and/or local building moratoria; governmental regulation directed at or affecting the housing market, the homebuilding industry or construction activities; uncertainty in the mortgage lending industry, including revisions to underwriting standards and repurchase requirements associated with the sale of mortgage loans; the interpretation of or changes to tax, labor and environmental laws; economic changes nationally or in Taylor Morrison’s local markets, including inflation, deflation, changes in consumer confidence and preferences and the state of the market for homes in general; legal or regulatory proceedings or claims; required accounting changes; terrorist acts and other acts of war; and other factors of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business and competitive nature. Taylor Morrison undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or changes in Taylor Morrison’s expectations. In addition, other such risks and uncertainties may be found in Taylor Morrison Home Corporation’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 and subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the heading “Risk Factors.”

About Taylor Morrison

Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE:TMHC) operates in the U.S. under the Taylor Morrison and Darling Homes brands and in Canada under the Monarch brand. Taylor Morrison is a builder and developer of single-family detached and attached homes serving a wide array of customers including first-time, move-up, luxury and active adult customers. Taylor Morrison divisions operate in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida and Texas. Darling Homes serves a variety of consumers from move-up to luxury homebuyers in Texas. Monarch, Canada’s oldest homebuilder, builds homes for first-time and move-up buyers in Toronto and Ottawa as well as high rise condominiums in Toronto.

For more information about Taylor Morrison, Darling Homes or Monarch, please visit www.taylormorrison.com, www.darlinghomes.com and www.monarchgroup.net.

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The following tables set forth a reconciliation between our home closings gross margin and our adjusted home closings gross margin. Adjusted home closings gross margin is a non-GAAP financial measure calculated based on gross margins, excluding impairments and capitalized interest amortization. Management uses adjusted home closings gross margins to evaluate our performance on a consolidated basis as well as the performance of our regions. We believe this adjusted gross margin measure is relevant and useful to investors for evaluating our performance. This measures is considered a non-GAAP financial measure and should be considered in addition to, rather than as a substitute for, the comparable U.S. GAAP financial measure as a measure of our operating performance. Although other companies in the home building industry report similar information, the methods used may differ. We urge investors to understand the methods used by other companies in the homebuilding industry to calculate gross margins and any adjustments to such amounts before comparing our measures to those of such other companies.