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Inventory (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Inventory | Major components of inventory were as follows ($000’s omitted):
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Homes under construction | $ | 2,892,328 |  |  | $ | 2,630,158 |
Land under development | 4,161,168 |  |  | 4,129,225 |
Raw land | 453,047 |  |  | 493,970 |
| $ | 7,506,543 |  |  | $ | 7,253,353 |
Capitalized Interest Rollforward | Information related to interest capitalized into inventory is as follows ($000’s omitted):
| Three Months Ended
| March 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018
Interest in inventory, beginning of period | $ | 227,495 |  |  | $ | 226,611 |
Interest capitalized | 42,381 |  |  | 43,960 |
Interest expensed | (34,563 | ) |  | (30,558 | )
Interest in inventory, end of period | $ | 235,313 |  |  | $ | 240,013 |
Schedule Of Company Interests In Land Option Agreements | The following provides a summary of our interests in land option agreements as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 ($000’s omitted):
| March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
| Deposits and Pre-acquisition Costs |  | Remaining Purchase Price |  | Deposits and Pre-acquisition Costs |  | Remaining Purchase Price
Land options with VIEs | $ | 99,742 |  |  | $ | 1,073,520 |  |  | $ | 90,717 |  |  | $ | 1,079,507 |
Other land options | 138,597 |  |  | 1,561,597 |  |  | 127,851 |  |  | 1,522,903 |
| $ | 238,339 |  |  | $ | 2,635,117 |  |  | $ | 218,568 |  |  | $ | 2,602,410 |

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