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OPERATING AND REPORTING SEGMENTS - Schedule of Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Corporate and unallocated costs |  | $ (37,191) | $ (35,906) | $ (105,536) | $ (101,004)
Interest expense |  | (1,068) | (53) | (8,350) | (233)
Other income, net |  | 2,402 | 2,812 | 5,816 | 9,915
Earnings before income taxes |  | 92,366 | 71,409 | 192,410 | 191,478
Operating Segments [Member] | Home Building [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 1,695 | 6,847 | 12,747 | 25,991
Operating Income |  | 97,542 | 73,672 | 209,649 | 193,621
Operating Segments [Member] | Financial Services [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income |  | 5,582 | 6,321 | 16,315 | 16,192
Operating Segments [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member] | Home Building [Member] | West [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income |  | 41,237 | 34,671 | 83,619 | 88,854
Operating Segments [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member] | Home Building [Member] | Central [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income |  | 31,979 | 24,319 | 72,795 | 64,162
Operating Segments [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member] | Home Building [Member] | East [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Operating Income |  | 24,326 | 14,682 | 53,235 | 40,605
Corporate and Unallocated [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Corporate and unallocated costs | [1] | (12,092) | (11,343) | (31,020) | (28,017)
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense |  | (1,068) | (53) | (8,350) | (233)
Other income, net | [2] | 2,402 | 2,812 | 5,816 | 9,915
Real Estate [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | 940,880 | 884,581 | 2,513,635 | 2,504,640
Real Estate [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Home Building [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | [3] | 940,880 | 884,581 | 2,513,635 | 2,504,640
Real Estate [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member] | Home Building [Member] | West [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | [3] | 366,149 | 366,347 | 938,117 | 1,035,222
Real Estate [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member] | Home Building [Member] | Central [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | [3] | 279,564 | 261,636 | 761,702 | 713,612
Real Estate [Member] | Operating Segments [Member] | Reportable Subsegments [Member] | Home Building [Member] | East [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | [3] | 295,167 | 256,598 | 813,816 | 755,806
Home Building [Member] |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Revenue |  | $ 939,185 | $ 877,734 | $ 2,500,888 | $ 2,478,649
[1] | Balance consists primarily of corporate costs and numerous shared service functions such as finance and treasury that are not allocated to the homebuilding or financial services reporting segments.
[2] | For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, Other income, net includes a favorable $4.8 million legal settlement from long-standing litigation related to a previous joint venture in Nevada.
[3] | Homebuilding revenue includes the following land closing revenue, by segment, as outlined in the table below:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Land closing revenue: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West | $ | — |  |  | $ | 268 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 14,658 |
Central | 820 |  |  | 5,328 |  |  | 1,513 |  |  | 6,215 |
East | 875 |  |  | 1,251 |  |  | 11,204 |  |  | 5,118 |
Total | $ | 1,695 |  |  | $ | 6,847 |  |  | $ | 12,747 |  |  | $ | 25,991 |

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