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Restricted Deposits | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Deposits Restricted [Abstract] |
Restricted Deposits |
7. | Restricted Deposits
The following table presents the Company’s restricted deposits as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 (amounts in thousands):
|  | March 31, 2021 |  |  | December 31, 2020 |
Mortgage escrow deposits: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Replacement reserves |  | $ | 10,182 |  |  | $ | 9,877 |
Mortgage principal reserves/sinking funds |  |  | 15,360 |  |  |  | 14,168 |
Mortgage escrow deposits |  |  | 25,542 |  |  |  | 24,045 |
Restricted cash: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnest money on pending acquisitions |  |  | 3,500 |  |  |  | — |
Restricted deposits on real estate investments |  |  | 302 |  |  |  | 307 |
Resident security and utility deposits |  |  | 31,675 |  |  |  | 31,412 |
Other |  |  | 1,364 |  |  |  | 1,373 |
Restricted cash |  |  | 36,841 |  |  |  | 33,092 |
Restricted deposits |  | $ | 62,383 |  |  | $ | 57,137 |

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