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Notes Payable (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Debt Structure [Table Text Block] | Total Outstanding Debt The following table summarizes our indebtedness at September 30, 2016, (dollars in thousands):
| Borrowed Balance |  | Effective Rate |  | Average Contract Maturity
Fixed Rate Secured Debt |  |  |  |  |
Individual property mortgages | $ | 972,948 |  |  | 4.0 | % |  | 8/21/2019
Fannie Mae conventional credit facility | 50,000 |  |  | 4.7 | % |  | 3/31/2017
Total fixed rate secured debt | $ | 1,022,948 |  |  | 4.0 | % |  | 7/11/2019
Variable Rate Secured Debt (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fannie Mae conventional credit facility | 190,000 |  |  | 1.0 | % |  | 8/26/2017
Total variable rate secured debt | $ | 190,000 |  |  | 1.2 | % |  | 8/26/2017
Fair market value adjustments and debt issuance costs | 25,220 |  |  |  |  |
Total Secured Debt | $ | 1,238,168 |  |  | 3.5 | % |  | 3/25/2019
Unsecured Debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable rate credit facility | $ | 205,000 |  |  | 1.5 | % |  | 4/15/2020
Term loan fixed with swaps | 550,000 |  |  | 3.1 | % |  | 11/10/2017
Fixed rate bonds | 1,460,000 |  |  | 4.1 | % |  | 1/26/2024
Fair market value adjustments, debt issuance costs and discounts | (19,011 | ) |  |  |  |
Total Unsecured Debt | $ | 2,195,989 |  |  | 3.6 | % |  | 2/26/2022
Total Outstanding Debt | $ | 3,434,157 |  |  | 3.6 | % |  | 2/6/2021
(1) Includes capped balances.

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