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Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other expense (income), net | Other expense (income), net consists of the following ($000’s omitted):
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Write-offs of deposits and pre-acquisition costs | $ | 893 |  |  | $ | 2,296 |  |  | $ | 1,798 |  |  | $ | 6,628 |
Loss on debt retirements | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,537 |
Lease exit and related costs (a) | 152 |  |  | 114 |  |  | 6,312 |  |  | 6,301 |
Amortization of intangible assets | 3,275 |  |  | 3,275 |  |  | 9,825 |  |  | 9,825 |
Goodwill impairments | — |  |  | 240,541 |  |  | — |  |  | 240,541 |
Miscellaneous expense (income), net | 3,133 |  |  | 12,961 |  |  | 6,635 |  |  | 7,933 |
| $ | 7,453 |  |  | $ | 259,187 |  |  | $ | 24,570 |  |  | $ | 274,765 |
(a) | Excludes $2.5 million of lease exit costs classified within Financial Services expenses during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. Such amounts were immaterial during the three months ended September 30, 2012 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011. See Note 2.
Schedule of Notes Receivable | The following represents our notes receivable and related allowance for credit losses at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 ($000’s omitted):
| September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Notes receivable, gross | $ | 78,758 |  |  | $ | 78,834 |
Allowance for credit losses | (43,953 | ) |  | (41,647 | )
Notes receivable, net | $ | 34,805 |  |  | $ | 37,187 |
Schedule Of Company Interests In Land Option Agreements | The following provides a summary of our interests in land option agreements as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 ($000’s omitted):
| September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
| Deposits and Pre-acquisition Costs |  | Remaining Purchase Price |  | Land, Not Owned, Under Option Agreements |  | Deposits and Pre-acquisition Costs |  | Remaining Purchase Price |  | Land, Not Owned, Under Option Agreements
Consolidated VIEs | $ | 2,721 |  |  | $ | 3,607 |  |  | $ | 3,607 |  |  | $ | 2,781 |  |  | $ | 5,957 |  |  | $ | 3,837 |
Unconsolidated VIEs | 23,290 |  |  | 262,395 |  |  | — |  |  | 21,180 |  |  | 240,958 |  |  | — |
Other land option agreements | 36,609 |  |  | 553,289 |  |  | 7,447 |  |  | 33,086 |  |  | 451,079 |  |  | 21,068 |
| $ | 62,620 |  |  | $ | 819,291 |  |  | $ | 11,054 |  |  | $ | 57,047 |  |  | $ | 697,994 |  |  | $ | 24,905 |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value | The fair value of derivative instruments and their location in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet is summarized below ($000’s omitted):
| September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
| Other Assets |  | Other Liabilities |  | Other Assets |  | Other Liabilities
Interest rate lock commitments | $ | 14,409 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 3,552 |  |  | $ | 1 |
Forward contracts | 381 |  |  | 8,855 |  |  | 44 |  |  | 3,514 |
Whole loan commitments | 12 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 52 |  |  | 41 |
| $ | 14,802 |  |  | $ | 8,868 |  |  | $ | 3,648 |  |  | $ | 3,556 |

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