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Inventory and Land Held for Sale (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2011
Inventory and Land Held for Sale |
Major Components of Inventory |
|  | June 30, 2011 |  |  | December 31, 2010 |
Homes under construction |  | $ | 1,431,750 |  |  | $ | 1,331,618 |
Land under development |  |  | 2,601,005 |  |  |  | 2,541,829 |
Land held for future development |  |  | 872,368 |  |  |  | 908,366 |
|  | $ | 4,905,123 |  |  | $ | 4,781,813 |
Information Related to Interest Capitalized Into Homebuilding Inventory |
|  | Three Months Ended June 30, |  |  | Six Months Ended June 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Interest in inventory, beginning of period |  | $ | 344,754 |  |  | $ | 281,261 |  |  | $ | 323,379 |  |  | $ | 239,365 |
Interest capitalized |  |  | 55,946 |  |  |  | 67,289 |  |  |  | 112,137 |  |  |  | 136,185 |
Interest expensed |  |  | (41,894 | ) |  |  | (37,928 | ) |  |  | (76,710 | ) |  |  | (64,928 | )
Interest in inventory, end of period |  | $ | 358,806 |  |  | $ | 310,622 |  |  | $ | 358,806 |  |  | $ | 310,622 |
Interest incurred* |  | $ | 55,946 |  |  | $ | 67,878 |  |  | $ | 112,137 |  |  | $ | 136,774 |
* | Homebuilding interest incurred includes interest on senior debt, short-term borrowings, and other financing arrangements and excludes interest incurred by the Financial Services segment and certain other interest costs.
Schedule of Impaired Communities and Related Charges |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Quarter Ended |  | Number of Communities Impaired |  |  | Fair Value of Communities Impaired, Net of Impairment Charges |  |  | Impairment Charges |  |  | Number of Communities Impaired |  |  | Fair Value of Communities Impaired, Net of Impairment Charges |  |  | Impairment Charges |
March 31 |  |  | 1 |  |  | $ | 0.5 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  |  | 10 |  |  | $ | 7.2 |  |  | $ | 4.5 |
June 30 |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 6.7 |  |  |  | 3.3 |  |  |  | 16 |  |  |  | 35.1 |  |  |  | 25.6 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 3.4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 30.1 |
Land Held for Sale |
|  | June 30, 2011 |  |  | December 31, 2010 |
Land held for sale, gross |  | $ | 177,065 |  |  | $ | 124,919 |
Net realizable value reserves |  |  | (48,906 | ) |  |  | (53,864 | )
Land held for sale, net |  | $ | 128,159 |  |  | $ | 71,055 |

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