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Valuation Adjustments and Write-offs | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
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 months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands) | 2012 |  | 2011
Impairment of operating communities: |  |  |
Midwest | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,868 |
Southern | — |  |  | 1,764 |
Total impairment of operating communities (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,632 |
Impairment of future communities: |  |  |
Midwest | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,144 |
Southern | — |  |  | 3,455 |
Total impairment of future communities (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5,599 |
Impairment of land held for sale: |  |  |
Midwest | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | — |
Southern | — |  |  | 590 |
Total impairment of land held for sale (a) | $ | 95 |  |  | $ | 590 |
Option deposits and pre-acquisition costs write-offs: |  |  |
Midwest | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 21 |
Southern | 7 |  |  | 8 |
Mid-Atlantic | 22 |  |  | 229 |
Total option deposits and pre-acquisition costs write-offs (b) | $ | 31 |  |  | $ | 258 |
Impairment of investments in Unconsolidated LLCs: |  |  |
Southern | — |  |  | 50 |
Total impairment of investments in Unconsolidated LLCs (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 50 |
Total impairments and write-offs of option deposits and pre-acquisition costs | $ | 126 |  |  | $ | 11,129 |
(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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