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Inventory And Land Held For Sale (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Inventory | Major components of inventory at December 31, 2015 and 2014 were ($000’s omitted):
| 2015 |  | 2014
Homes under construction | $ | 1,408,260 |  |  | $ | 1,084,137 |
Land under development | 3,259,066 |  |  | 2,545,049 |
Raw land | 782,732 |  |  | 762,914 |
| $ | 5,450,058 |  |  | $ | 4,392,100 |
Capitalized Interest Rollforward | Activity related to interest capitalized into inventory is as follows ($000’s omitted):
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Interest in inventory, beginning of period | $ | 167,638 |  |  | $ | 230,922 |  |  | $ | 331,880 |
Interest capitalized | 120,001 |  |  | 131,444 |  |  | 154,107 |
Interest expensed | (138,141 | ) |  | (194,728 | ) |  | (255,065 | )
Interest in inventory, end of period | $ | 149,498 |  |  | $ | 167,638 |  |  | $ | 230,922 |
Land-related Charges | We recorded the following land-related charges ($000's omitted):
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Land impairments | $ | 7,347 |  |  | $ | 3,911 |  |  | $ | 2,944 |
Net realizable value adjustments ("NRV") - land held for sale | (901 | ) |  | 1,158 |  |  | 3,606 |
Write-offs of deposits and pre-acquisition costs | 5,021 |  |  | 6,099 |  |  | 3,122 |
Total land-related charges | $ | 11,467 |  |  | $ | 11,168 |  |  | $ | 9,672 |
Land Held for Sale | Land held for sale at December 31, 2015 and 2014 was as follows ($000’s omitted):
| 2015 |  | 2014
Land held for sale, gross | $ | 86,913 |  |  | $ | 108,725 |
Net realizable value reserves | (5,421 | ) |  | (7,535 | )
Land held for sale, net | $ | 81,492 |  |  | $ | 101,190 |

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