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Valuation Adjustments and Write-offs | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2011
Valuation Adjustments and Write offs [Abstract] |
Valuation Adjustments and Write-offs [Text Block] | Valuation Adjustments and Write-offs The Company assesses inventory for recoverability on a quarterly basis, by reviewing for impairment whenever events or changes in local or national economic conditions indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. A summary of the Company’s valuation adjustments and write-offs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:
| Three Months Ended June 30, |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands) | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Impairment of operating communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest | $ | 114 |  |  | $ | 134 |  |  | $ | 2,982 |  |  | $ | 135 |
Southern | 101 |  |  | 437 |  |  | 1,865 |  |  | 511 |
Mid-Atlantic | 17 |  |  | 2,886 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 2,976 |
Total impairment of operating communities (a) | $ | 232 |  |  | $ | 3,457 |  |  | $ | 4,864 |  |  | $ | 3,622 |
Impairment of future communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest | $ | 4,234 |  |  | $ | 2,837 |  |  | $ | 6,378 |  |  | $ | 2,837 |
Southern | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,455 |  |  | 1,661 |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,290 |
Total impairment of future communities (a) | $ | 4,234 |  |  | $ | 2,837 |  |  | $ | 9,833 |  |  | $ | 5,788 |
Impairment of land held for sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Southern | — |  |  | — |  |  | 590 |  |  | — |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total impairment of land held for sale (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 590 |  |  | $ | — |
Option deposits and pre-acquisition costs write-offs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 79 |  |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | 89 |
Southern | 29 |  |  | — |  |  | 37 |  |  | 1 |
Mid-Atlantic | 12 |  |  | 103 |  |  | 241 |  |  | 167 |
Total option deposits and pre-acquisition costs write-offs (b) | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 182 |  |  | $ | 300 |  |  | $ | 257 |
Impairment of investments in Unconsolidated LLCs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest | $ | 979 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 979 |  |  | $ | — |
Southern | — |  |  | — |  |  | 50 |  |  | — |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total impairment of investments in Unconsolidated LLCs (a) | $ | 979 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,029 |  |  | $ | — |
Total impairments and write-offs of option deposits and |  |  |  |  |  |  |
pre-acquisition costs | $ | 5,487 |  |  | $ | 6,476 |  |  | $ | 16,616 |  |  | $ | 9,667 |
(a) | Amounts are recorded within Impairment of inventory and investment in Unconsolidated LLCs in the Company's Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(b) | Amounts are recorded within General and administrative expenses in the Company's Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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