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Valuation Adjustments and Write-offs | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 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 years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 is as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2009
Impairment of operating communities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest |  | $ | 5,493 |  |  | $ | 828 |  |  | $ | 10,262 |
Southern |  | 2,608 |  |  | 621 |  |  | 6,702 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | 1,833 |  |  | 3,121 |  |  | 7,708 |
Total impairment of operating communities (a) |  | $ | 9,934 |  |  | $ | 4,570 |  |  | $ | 24,672 |
Impairment of future communities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest |  | $ | 6,985 |  |  | $ | 2,837 |  |  | $ | 6,892 |
Southern |  | 3,455 |  |  | 3,134 |  |  | 8,405 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | — |  |  | 1,290 |  |  | 2,180 |
Total impairment of future communities (a) |  | $ | 10,440 |  |  | $ | 7,261 |  |  | $ | 17,477 |
Impairment of land held for sale: |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,016 |
Southern |  | 590 |  |  | 587 |  |  | 1,883 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | — |  |  | 88 |  |  | 1,642 |
Total impairment of land held for sale (a) |  | $ | 590 |  |  | $ | 675 |  |  | $ | 5,541 |
Option deposits and pre-acquisition costs write-offs: |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest |  | $ | 441 |  |  | $ | 198 |  |  | $ | 569 |
Southern |  | 89 |  |  | 160 |  |  | 20 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | 444 |  |  | 262 |  |  | 1,067 |
Total option deposits and pre-acquisition costs write-offs (b) |  | $ | 974 |  |  | $ | 620 |  |  | $ | 1,656 |
Impairment of investments in Unconsolidated LLCs: |  |  |  |  |  |
Midwest |  | $ | 979 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 616 |
Southern |  | 50 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 7,115 |
Mid-Atlantic |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total impairment of investments in Unconsolidated LLCs (a) |  | $ | 1,029 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 7,731 |
Total impairments and write-offs of option deposits and pre-acquisition costs |  | $ | 22,967 |  |  | $ | 13,158 |  |  | $ | 57,077 |
(a) | Amounts are recorded within Impairment of inventory and investment in Unconsolidated LLCs in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations.
(b) | Amounts are recorded within General and administrative expenses in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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