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DEBT (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |
Long term debt, by type [Table Text Block] | The Company's debt is detailed below. EastGroup presents debt issuance costs as reductions of Unsecured bank credit facilities, Unsecured debt and Secured debt on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
| June 30, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
| (In thousands)
Unsecured bank credit facilities - variable rate, carrying amount | $ | 99,022 |  |  | 116,339 |
Unsecured bank credit facilities - fixed rate, carrying amount (1) (2) | 80,000 |  |  | 80,000 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | (2,064 | ) |  | (630 | )
Unsecured bank credit facilities | 176,958 |  |  | 195,709 |
Unsecured debt - fixed rate, carrying amount (1) | 725,000 |  |  | 715,000 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | (1,829 | ) |  | (1,939 | )
Unsecured debt | 723,171 |  |  | 713,061 |
Secured debt - fixed rate, carrying amount (1) | 194,770 |  |  | 200,354 |
Unamortized debt issuance costs | (701 | ) |  | (842 | )
Secured debt | 194,069 |  |  | 199,512 |
Total debt | $ | 1,094,198 |  |  | 1,108,282 |
(1) | These loans have a fixed interest rate or an effectively fixed interest rate due to interest rate swaps.
(2) | The Company has designated an interest rate swap to an $80 million unsecured bank credit facility draw that effectively fixes the interest rate on the $80 million draw to 2.020% through the interest rate swap's maturity date of August 15, 2018.
Principal payments due during the next five years | Scheduled principal payments on long-term debt, including Unsecured debt and Secured debt (not including Unsecured bank credit facilities), as of June 30, 2018, are as follows:
Years Ending December 31, |  | (In thousands)
Remainder of 2018 |  | $ | 5,730 |
2019 |  | 130,569 |
2020 |  | 114,096 |
2021 |  | 129,563 |
2022 |  | 107,769 |
2023 and beyond |  | 432,043 |
Total |  | $ | 919,770 |

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