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Valuation Adjustments and Write-offs Valuation Adjustments and Write-offs (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2013
Valuation Adjustments and Write offs [Abstract] |
Valuation Adjustments and Write-Offs [Table Text Block] | A summary of the Company’s valuation adjustments and write-offs for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands) | 2013 |  | 2012
Impairment of operating communities: |  |  |
Midwest | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Southern | — |  |  | — |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | — |
Total impairment of operating communities (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Impairment of future communities: |  |  |
Midwest | $ | 252 |  |  | $ | — |
Southern | — |  |  | — |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | — |
Total impairment of future communities (a) | $ | 252 |  |  | $ | — |
Impairment of land held for sale: |  |  |
Midwest | $ | 648 |  |  | $ | 95 |
Southern | — |  |  | — |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | — |
Total impairment of land held for sale (a) | $ | 648 |  |  | $ | 95 |
Option deposits and pre-acquisition costs write-offs: |  |  |
Midwest | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2 |
Southern | — |  |  | 7 |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | 22 |
Total option deposits and pre-acquisition costs write-offs (b) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 31 |
Impairment of investments in Unconsolidated LLCs: |  |  |
Midwest | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Southern | — |  |  | — |
Mid-Atlantic | — |  |  | — |
Total impairment of investments in Unconsolidated LLCs (a) | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Total impairments and write-offs of option deposits and pre-acquisition costs | $ | 900 |  |  | $ | 126 |
(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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