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Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Outstanding Interest Rate Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk | As of June 30, 2017, we had the following outstanding interest rate derivatives that were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk:
Interest Rate Derivative |  | Number of Instruments |  | Notional Amount
Interest Rate Caps |  | 2 |  | $ | 50,000,000 |
Interest Rate Swaps |  | 10 |  | $ | 550,000,000 |
Effect of Derivative Instruments on Consolidated Statement of Operations | Tabular Disclosure of the Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations The table below presents the effect of our derivative financial instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 (dollars in thousands):
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships |  | Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivative (Effective Portion) |  | Location of Gain or (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income (Effective Portion) |  | Amount of (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Interest Expense (Effective Portion) |  | Location of (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing) |  | Amount of (Loss) Recognized in Interest Expense (Ineffective Portion and Amount Excluded from Effectiveness Testing)
Three months ended June 30, |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  |  |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  |  |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Interest rate contracts |  | $ | (3,863 | ) |  | $ | (1,314 | ) |  | Interest Expense |  | $ | (246 | ) |  | $ | (1,131 | ) |  | Interest Expense |  | $ | (11 | ) |  | $ | (120 | )
Six months ended June 30, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate contracts |  | $ | (1,343 | ) |  | $ | (5,019 | ) |  | Interest Expense |  | $ | (918 | ) |  | $ | (2,317 | ) |  | Interest Expense |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | (163 | )
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Location of Loss Recognized in Income on Derivative |  | Amount of Loss Recognized in Income on Derivative
Three months ended June 30, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Preferred stock embedded derivative |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Interest and other non-property income |  | $ | (633 | ) |  | $ | — |
Six months ended June 30, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred stock embedded derivative |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Interest and other non-property income |  | $ | 1,720 |  |  | $ | — |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] | Other Comprehensive Income MAA's other comprehensive income consists entirely of gains and losses attributable to the effective portion of our cash flow hedges. The chart below shows the change in the balance for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 (dollars in thousands):
Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) by Component
|  | Affected Line Item in the Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations |  | Gains and Losses on Cash Flow Hedges
For the six months ended June 30, |  |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Beginning balance |  |  |  | $ | 1,144 |  |  | $ | (1,589 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  |  |  | (1,343 | ) |  | (5,019 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (interest rate contracts) |  | Interest expense |  | 918 |  |  | 2,317 |
Net current-period other comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  |  | 16 |  |  | 141 |
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to MAA |  |  |  | (409 | ) |  | (2,561 | )
Ending balance |  |  |  | $ | 735 |  |  | $ | (4,150 | )

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