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Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Other assets and accrued and other liabilities | Other assets and accrued and other liabilities Other assets are presented below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010
Accounts and notes receivable | $ | 144,924 |  |  | $ | 204,029 |
Deposits and pre-acquisition costs | 57,047 |  |  | 95,063 |
Prepaid expenses | 90,786 |  |  | 108,963 |
Property and equipment, net | 53,182 |  |  | 59,263 |
Other | 74,505 |  |  | 100,645 |
| $ | 420,444 |  |  | $ | 567,963 |
Accrued and other liabilities are presented below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31,
| 2011 |  | 2010
Self-insurance liabilities | $ | 741,383 |  |  | $ | 785,562 |
Community development district obligations | 38,440 |  |  | 73,334 |
Liabilities for land, not owned, under option agreements | 24,905 |  |  | 50,781 |
Compensation-related | 87,583 |  |  | 94,936 |
Loan origination liabilities | 128,330 |  |  | 93,057 |
Warranty | 68,025 |  |  | 80,195 |
Accrued interest | 37,943 |  |  | 42,043 |
Lease exit liabilities | 29,745 |  |  | 41,733 |
Other | 255,587 |  |  | 338,299 |
| $ | 1,411,941 |  |  | $ | 1,599,940 |

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