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Valuation Adjustments and Write-offs | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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 nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands) | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Impairment of operating communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest | $ | 962 |  |  | $ | 141 |  |  | $ | 3,944 |  |  | $ | 276 |
Southern | 594 |  |  | 72 |  |  | 2,459 |  |  | 583 |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | 110 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 3,086 |
Total impairment of operating communities (a) | $ | 1,556 |  |  | $ | 323 |  |  | $ | 6,420 |  |  | $ | 3,945 |
Impairment of future communities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest | $ | 141 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,519 |  |  | $ | 2,837 |
Southern | — |  |  | 1,473 |  |  | 3,455 |  |  | 3,134 |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,290 |
Total impairment of future communities (a) | $ | 141 |  |  | $ | 1,473 |  |  | $ | 9,974 |  |  | $ | 7,261 |
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 | $ | 121 |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 143 |  |  | $ | 94 |
Southern | 19 |  |  | 94 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 95 |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | 41 |  |  | 241 |  |  | 208 |
Total option deposits and pre-acquisition costs write-offs (b) | $ | 140 |  |  | $ | 140 |  |  | $ | 440 |  |  | $ | 397 |
Impairment of investments in Unconsolidated LLCs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 979 |  |  | $ | — |
Southern | — |  |  | — |  |  | 50 |  |  | — |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total impairment of investments in Unconsolidated LLCs (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,029 |  |  | $ | — |
Total impairments and write-offs of option deposits and |  |  |  |  |  |  |
pre-acquisition costs | $ | 1,837 |  |  | $ | 1,936 |  |  | $ | 18,453 |  |  | $ | 11,603 |
(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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