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Commitments And Contingencies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract] |
Changes To Anticipated Loan Losses |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Liabilities, beginning of period |  | $ | 97,836 |  |  | $ | 103,238 |  |  | $ | 93,057 |  |  | $ | 105,914 |
Provision for losses |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 19,347 |  |  |  | 16,856 |
Settlements |  |  | (3,105 | ) |  |  | (3,988 | ) |  |  | (17,673 | ) |  |  | (23,520 | )
Liabilities, end of period |  | $ | 94,731 |  |  | $ | 99,250 |  |  | $ | 94,731 |  |  | $ | 99,250 |
Changes To The Company's Warranty Liabilities |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Warranty liabilities, beginning of period |  | $ | 70,521 |  |  | $ | 84,237 |  |  | $ | 80,195 |  |  | $ | 96,110 |
Warranty reserves provided |  |  | 11,858 |  |  |  | 14,656 |  |  |  | 30,966 |  |  |  | 39,964 |
Payments |  |  | (12,705 | ) |  |  | (17,178 | ) |  |  | (40,914 | ) |  |  | (53,954 | )
Other adjustments |  |  | (827 | ) |  |  | (1,045 | ) |  |  | (1,400 | ) |  |  | (1,450 | )
Warranty liabilities, end of period |  | $ | 68,847 |  |  | $ | 80,670 |  |  | $ | 68,847 |  |  | $ | 80,670 |
Insurance-Related Expenses |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Balance, beginning of period |  | $ | 790,597 |  |  | $ | 577,691 |  |  | $ | 813,841 |  |  | $ | 566,693 |
Reserves provided |  |  | 15,551 |  |  |  | 282,536 |  |  |  | 47,558 |  |  |  | 318,167 |
Liabilities assuumed with Centex merger |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,514 |
Payments |  |  | (12,510 | ) |  |  | (11,663 | ) |  |  | (67,761 | ) |  |  | (38,810 | )
Balance, end of period |  | $ | 793,638 |  |  | $ | 848,564 |  |  | $ | 793,638 |  |  | $ | 848,564 |

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