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Inventory And Land Held For Sale (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Inventory And Land Held For Sale [Abstract] |
Major Components Of Inventory |
|  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Homes under construction |  | $ | 1,445,313 |  |  | $ | 1,331,618 |
Land under development |  |  | 2,582,854 |  |  |  | 2,541,829 |
Land held for future development |  |  | 861,501 |  |  |  | 908,366 |
|  | $ | 4,889,668 |  |  | $ | 4,781,813 |
Information Related To Interest Capitalized Into Homebuilding Inventory |
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  |  | September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Interest in inventory, beginning of period |  | $ | 358,806 |  |  | $ | 310,622 |  |  | $ | 323,379 |  |  | $ | 239,365 |
Interest capitalized |  |  | 55,230 |  |  |  | 67,794 |  |  |  | 167,367 |  |  |  | 203,979 |
Interest expensed |  |  | (48,693 | ) |  |  | (48,501 | ) |  |  | (125,403 | ) |  |  | (113,429 | )
Interest in inventory, end of period |  | $ | 365,343 |  |  | $ | 329,915 |  |  | $ | 365,343 |  |  | $ | 329,915 |
Interest incurred* |  | $ | 55,230 |  |  | $ | 68,740 |  |  | $ | 167,367 |  |  | $ | 205,473 |
* | 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 |
September 30 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 6.4 |  |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  | 28 |  |  |  | 33.4 |  |  |  | 57.4 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 4.9 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 87.5 |
Land Held For Sale |
|  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Land held for sale, gross |  | $ | 181,373 |  |  | $ | 124,919 |
Net realizable value reserves |  |  | (46,810 | ) |  |  | (53,864 | )
Land held for sale, net |  | $ | 134,563 |  |  | $ | 71,055 |

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