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Inventory And Land Held For Sale (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Inventory | Major components of inventory were as follows ($000’s omitted):
| September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Homes under construction | $ | 1,358,227 |  |  | $ | 1,210,717 |
Land under development | 2,444,553 |  |  | 2,610,501 |
Raw land | 667,791 |  |  | 815,250 |
| $ | 4,470,571 |  |  | $ | 4,636,468 |
Capitalized interest rollforward | Information related to interest capitalized into inventory is as follows ($000’s omitted):
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Interest in inventory, beginning of period | $ | 358,451 |  |  | $ | 358,806 |  |  | $ | 355,068 |  |  | $ | 323,379 |
Interest capitalized | 50,730 |  |  | 55,230 |  |  | 153,369 |  |  | 167,367 |
Interest expensed | (57,155 | ) |  | (48,693 | ) |  | (156,411 | ) |  | (125,403 | )
Interest in inventory, end of period | $ | 352,026 |  |  | $ | 365,343 |  |  | $ | 352,026 |  |  | $ | 365,343 |
Interest incurred* | $ | 50,730 |  |  | $ | 55,230 |  |  | $ | 153,369 |  |  | $ | 167,367 |
* | Homebuilding interest incurred includes interest on senior debt and certain other financing arrangements.
Fair Value, Measurement Inputs, Disclosure | The table below summarizes certain quantitative unobservable inputs utilized in determining the fair value of impaired communities at September 30, 2012:
Unobservable input | Range
Average selling price ($000s) | $139 | - | $234
Sales pace per quarter (units) | 2 | - | 9
Discount rate | 12%
Summary of Land Impairments | The table below provides, as of the date indicated, the number of communities for which we recognized impairment charges, the fair value of those communities at such date (net of impairment charges), and the amount of impairment charges recognized ($000’s omitted):
| 2012 |  | 2011
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 | 4 |  |  | $ | 7,468 |  |  | $ | 4,514 |  |  | 1 |  |  | $ | 483 |  |  | $ | 103 |
June 30 | 4 |  |  | 16,311 |  |  | 2,796 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 6,665 |  |  | 3,300 |
September 30 | 4 |  |  | 6,172 |  |  | 2,263 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 6,416 |  |  | 1,494 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 9,573 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 4,897 |
Land Held for Sale | Land held for sale was as follows ($000’s omitted):
| September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011
Land held for sale, gross | $ | 175,256 |  |  | $ | 190,099 |
Net realizable value reserves | (45,733 | ) |  | (54,792 | )
Land held for sale, net | $ | 129,523 |  |  | $ | 135,307 |

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