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Deposits - Restricted and Escrow Deposits - Mortgage (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Deposits Restricted [Abstract] |
Restricted Deposits | The following table presents the Company’s restricted deposits as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (amounts in thousands):
|  | September 30, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Tax-deferred (1031) exchange proceeds |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 38,847 |
Restricted deposits on real estate investments |  |  | 61 |  |  |  | 733 |
Resident security and utility deposits |  |  | 35,667 |  |  |  | 37,007 |
Other |  |  | 911 |  |  |  | 359 |
Totals |  | $ | 36,639 |  |  | $ | 76,946 |
Escrow Deposits for Mortgages | The following table presents the Company’s escrow deposits for mortgages as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (amounts in thousands):
|  | September 30, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Real estate taxes and insurance |  | $ | 556 |  |  | $ | 2,003 |
Replacement reserves |  |  | 7,969 |  |  |  | 3,428 |
Mortgage principal reserves/sinking funds |  |  | 1,595 |  |  |  | 58,652 |
Other |  |  | 852 |  |  |  | 852 |
Totals |  | $ | 10,972 |  |  | $ | 64,935 |

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- Definition The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes, insurance and replacement reserve obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. + References No definition available. + Details
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