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Basis Of Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of other expense (income), net | Other expense (income), net consists of the following ($000’s omitted):
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
June 30, |  | June 30,
2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Write-off of deposits and pre-acquisition costs | $ | 250 |  |  | $ | 166 |  |  | $ | 591 |  |  | $ | 905 |
Loss on debt retirements (Note 9) | 23,072 |  |  | — |  |  | 23,072 |  |  | — |
Lease exit and related costs (a) | 603 |  |  | 3,801 |  |  | 768 |  |  | 6,160 |
Amortization of intangible assets | 3,275 |  |  | 3,275 |  |  | 6,550 |  |  | 6,550 |
Miscellaneous expense (income), net (b) | 30,139 |  |  | 3,256 |  |  | 31,130 |  |  | 3,502 |
| $ | 57,339 |  |  | $ | 10,498 |  |  | $ | 62,111 |  |  | $ | 17,117 |
(a) | Excludes $0.1 million and $2.5 million of lease exit costs classified within Financial Services expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. There were no such costs during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013.
(b) | Includes a charge of $30.0 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 resulting from a contractual dispute related to a previously completed luxury community (see Note 10).
Schedule of Notes Receivable | The following represents our notes receivable and related allowance for credit losses ($000’s omitted):
| June 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
Notes receivable, gross | $ | 59,372 |  |  | $ | 57,841 |
Allowance for credit losses | (27,059 | ) |  | (26,865 | )
Notes receivable, net | $ | 32,313 |  |  | $ | 30,976 |
Schedule Of Company Interests In Land Option Agreements | The following provides a summary of our interests in land option agreements as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 ($000’s omitted):
| June 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
| 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 | $ | 8,523 |  |  | $ | 12,908 |  |  | $ | 14,526 |  |  | $ | 5,216 |  |  | $ | 8,590 |  |  | $ | 8,590 |
Unconsolidated VIEs | 30,404 |  |  | 629,823 |  |  | — |  |  | 24,078 |  |  | 360,495 |  |  | — |
Other land option agreements | 49,572 |  |  | 657,338 |  |  | 19,225 |  |  | 40,822 |  |  | 554,307 |  |  | 22,476 |
| $ | 88,499 |  |  | $ | 1,300,069 |  |  | $ | 33,751 |  |  | $ | 70,116 |  |  | $ | 923,392 |  |  | $ | 31,066 |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value | The fair values of derivative instruments and their location in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets is summarized below ($000’s omitted):
| June 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2012
| Other Assets |  | Other Liabilities |  | Other Assets |  | Other Liabilities
Interest rate lock commitments | $ | 6,311 |  |  | $ | 1,578 |  |  | $ | 6,045 |  |  | $ | 24 |
Forward contracts | 13,823 |  |  | 696 |  |  | 245 |  |  | 891 |
Whole loan commitments | 289 |  |  | 49 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 85 |
| $ | 20,423 |  |  | $ | 2,323 |  |  | $ | 6,320 |  |  | $ | 1,000 |

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