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Real Estate and Capitalized Interest (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract] |
Real estate properties |
| At June 30, 2013 |  | At December 31, 2012
Homes under contract under construction (1) | $ | 304,159 |  |  | $ | 192,948 |
Unsold homes, completed and under construction (1) | 96,076 |  |  | 107,466 |
Model homes (1) | 70,596 |  |  | 62,411 |
Finished home sites and home sites under development | 644,315 |  |  | 634,106 |
Land held for development (2) | 57,650 |  |  | 56,118 |
Land held for sale | 15,104 |  |  | 21,650 |
Communities in mothball status (3) | 39,329 |  |  | 38,488 |
| $ | 1,227,229 |  |  | $ | 1,113,187 |
(1) Includes the allocated land and land development costs associated with each lot for these homes.
(2) | Land held for development primarily reflects land and land development costs related to land where development activity is not currently underway but is expected to begin in the future. For these parcels, we may have chosen not to currently develop certain land holdings as they typically represent a portion of a larger land parcel that we plan to build out over several years.
(3) | Represents communities where we have decided to cease operations (mothball) as we have determined that their economic performance would be maximized by deferring development. In the future, some of these communities may be re-opened while others may be sold to third parties. If we deem our carrying value to not be fully recoverable, we adjust our carrying value for these assets to fair value at the time they are placed into mothball status. As of June 30, 2013, we had eight mothballed communities with a carrying value of $36.0 million in our West Region and two mothballed communities with a carrying value of $3.3 million in our Central Region. We do not capitalize interest for such mothballed assets, and all ongoing costs of land ownership are also expensed as incurred.
Summary of capitalized interest |
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| June 30, |  | June 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Capitalized interest, beginning of period | $ | 24,198 |  |  | $ | 15,908 |  |  | $ | 21,600 |  |  | $ | 14,810 |
Interest incurred | 12,642 |  |  | 11,318 |  |  | 25,368 |  |  | 22,165 |
Interest expensed | (4,523 | ) |  | (6,338 | ) |  | (9,651 | ) |  | (13,709 | )
Interest amortized to cost of home and land closings | (6,023 | ) |  | (3,052 | ) |  | (11,023 | ) |  | (5,430 | )
Capitalized interest, end of period (1) | $ | 26,294 |  |  | $ | 17,836 |  |  | $ | 26,294 |  |  | $ | 17,836 |
(1) | Approximately $532,000 and $539,000 of the capitalized interest is related to our joint venture investments and is a component of “Investments in unconsolidated entities” on our consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

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- Definition The tabular disclosure for the carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of interest costs that were capitalized to properties under development during the land development and construction period of a project, and which are included in inventory, the amortization of such capitalized interest and the interest expenses associated with non-qualified assets. + References No definition available. + Details
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