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Segment Information | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Segment Information [Abstract] |
Segment Information |
5. | Segment information
The Company's Homebuilding operating segments are engaged in the acquisition and development of land primarily for residential purposes within the continental United States and the construction of housing on such land. As part of its ongoing efforts to structure the Company for profitability in the face of challenging market conditions, the Company realigned its organizational structure during the second quarter of 2011, which reduced the number of reportable segments from four to three. The operating data by segment provided in this note have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. Accordingly, the Company's reportable Homebuilding segments are as follows:
East: |  | Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Gulf Coast: |  | Florida, Texas
West: |  | Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Washington
The Company also has one reportable segment for its financial services operations, which consist of mortgage banking and title operations. The Company's Financial Services segment operates generally in the same markets as the Company's Homebuilding segments. Evaluation of segment performance is based on operating earnings before provision for income taxes which, for the Homebuilding segments, is defined as home sale revenues and land sale revenues less home sale cost of revenues, land sale cost of revenues, and certain selling, general, and administrative and other expenses, plus equity income from unconsolidated entities, attributable to the Homebuilding segments. Operating earnings for the Financial Services segment is defined as revenues less costs associated with the Company's mortgage and title operations and certain selling, general, and administrative expenses incurred by or allocated to the Financial Services segment. Each reportable segment generally follows the same accounting policies described in Note 1 – "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
|  | Operating Data by Segment ($000's omitted) |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | 379,662 |  |  | $ | 321,817 |  |  | $ | 951,918 |  |  | $ | 1,108,220 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 342,860 |  |  |  | 277,699 |  |  |  | 878,448 |  |  |  | 881,906 |
West |  |  | 391,505 |  |  |  | 431,239 |  |  |  | 972,259 |  |  |  | 1,300,156 |
|  |  | 1,114,027 |  |  |  | 1,030,755 |  |  |  | 2,802,625 |  |  |  | 3,290,282 |
Financial Services |  |  | 27,904 |  |  |  | 27,009 |  |  |  | 71,720 |  |  |  | 93,738 |
Consolidated revenues |  | $ | 1,141,931 |  |  | $ | 1,057,764 |  |  | $ | 2,874,345 |  |  | $ | 3,384,020 |
Income (loss) before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | 14,941 |  |  | $ | 3,797 |  |  | $ | 29,392 |  |  | $ | 45,081 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 30,068 |  |  |  | (17,075 | ) |  |  | 47,310 |  |  |  | (3,336 | )
West |  |  | 33,444 |  |  |  | (21,276 | ) |  |  | 11,500 |  |  |  | 4,946 |
Other homebuilding (a) |  |  | (285,936 | ) |  |  | (985,695 | ) |  |  | (364,325 | ) |  |  | (1,066,977 | )
|  |  | (207,483 | ) |  |  | (1,020,249 | ) |  |  | (276,123 | ) |  |  | (1,020,286 | )
Financial Services (b) |  |  | 8,683 |  |  |  | 3,463 |  |  |  | (6,987 | ) |  |  | 350 |
Other non-operating (c) |  |  | (3,700 | ) |  |  | (7,051 | ) |  |  | (18,115 | ) |  |  | (24,135 | )
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes |  | $ | (202,500 | ) |  | $ | (1,023,837 | ) |  | $ | (301,225 | ) |  | $ | (1,044,071 | )
(a) | Other homebuilding primarily includes the amortization of intangible assets, goodwill impairment, and amortization of capitalized interest.
(b) | Financial Services income before income taxes includes interest expense of $0.8 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. Interest income included in Financial Services income before income taxes totaled $1.4 million and $3.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, and $1.6 million and $4.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively.
(c) | Other non-operating includes the costs of certain shared services that benefit all operating segments, a portion of which are not allocated to the operating segments reported above.
|  | Valuation Adjustments and Write-Offs by Segment ($000's omitted) |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Land and community valuation adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | 526 |  |  | $ | 4,974 |  |  | $ | 795 |  |  | $ | 5,451 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20,938 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 28,965 |
West |  |  | — |  |  |  | 23,926 |  |  |  | 1,818 |  |  |  | 39,294 |
Other homebuilding (a) |  |  | 968 |  |  |  | 7,615 |  |  |  | 2,284 |  |  |  | 13,826 |
|  | $ | 1,494 |  |  | $ | 57,453 |  |  | $ | 4,897 |  |  | $ | 87,536 |
Net realizable value adjustments—land held for sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 186 |  |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 507 |
West |  |  | — |  |  |  | 462 |  |  |  | (249 | ) |  |  | 521 |
|  | $ | 143 |  |  | $ | 648 |  |  | $ | (106 | ) |  | $ | 1,028 |
Write-off of deposits and pre-acquisition costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | 533 |  |  | $ | 894 |  |  | $ | 2,724 |  |  | $ | 1,109 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | 282 |  |  |  | 548 |
West |  |  | 1,660 |  |  |  | 186 |  |  |  | 3,622 |  |  |  | 2,328 |
|  | $ | 2,296 |  |  | $ | 1,133 |  |  | $ | 6,628 |  |  | $ | 3,985 |
Impairments of investments in unconsolidated joint ventures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Gulf Coast |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
West |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,908 |
|  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,908 |
Total valuation adjustments and write-offs |  | $ | 3,933 |  |  | $ | 59,234 |  |  | $ | 11,419 |  |  | $ | 94,457 |
(a) | Primarily write-offs of capitalized interest related to land and community valuation adjustments.
Total assets and inventory by reportable segment were as follows ($000's omitted):
|  | September 30, 2011 |
|  | Homes Under Construction |  |  | Land Under Development |  |  | Land Held for Future Development |  |  | Total Inventory |  |  | Total Assets |
East |  | $ | 508,909 |  |  | $ | 761,701 |  |  | $ | 256,517 |  |  | $ | 1,527,127 |  |  | $ | 1,691,242 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 309,122 |  |  |  | 585,266 |  |  |  | 208,545 |  |  |  | 1,102,933 |  |  |  | 1,245,297 |
West |  |  | 570,875 |  |  |  | 954,944 |  |  |  | 315,364 |  |  |  | 1,841,183 |  |  |  | 2,020,661 |
Other homebuilding (a) |  |  | 56,407 |  |  |  | 280,943 |  |  |  | 81,075 |  |  |  | 418,425 |  |  |  | 585,373 |
|  |  | 1,445,313 |  |  |  | 2,582,854 |  |  |  | 861,501 |  |  |  | 4,889,668 |  |  |  | 5,542,573 |
Financial Services |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 207,379 |
Other non-operating (b) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,478,702 |
|  | $ | 1,445,313 |  |  | $ | 2,582,854 |  |  | $ | 861,501 |  |  | $ | 4,889,668 |  |  | $ | 7,228,654 |
|  | December 31, 2010 |
|  | Homes Under Construction |  |  | Land Under Development |  |  | Land Held for Future Development |  |  | Total Inventory |  |  | Total Assets |
East |  | $ | 455,637 |  |  | $ | 762,778 |  |  | $ | 262,653 |  |  | $ | 1,481,068 |  |  | $ | 1,682,442 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 313,734 |  |  |  | 555,384 |  |  |  | 239,950 |  |  |  | 1,109,068 |  |  |  | 1,294,738 |
West |  |  | 518,427 |  |  |  | 963,259 |  |  |  | 329,108 |  |  |  | 1,810,794 |  |  |  | 1,966,986 |
Other homebuilding (a) |  |  | 43,820 |  |  |  | 260,408 |  |  |  | 76,655 |  |  |  | 380,883 |  |  |  | 798,285 |
|  |  | 1,331,618 |  |  |  | 2,541,829 |  |  |  | 908,366 |  |  |  | 4,781,813 |  |  |  | 5,742,451 |
Financial Services |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 222,989 |
Other non-operating (b) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,733,936 |
|  | $ | 1,331,618 |  |  | $ | 2,541,829 |  |  | $ | 908,366 |  |  | $ | 4,781,813 |  |  | $ | 7,699,376 |
(a) | Other homebuilding primarily includes capitalized interest, goodwill, and intangibles.
(b) | Other non-operating primarily includes cash and equivalents, income taxes receivable, and other corporate items that are not allocated to the operating segments.

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