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Inventory and Capitalized Interest Inventory (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Inventory [Abstract] |
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block] | A summary of the Company’s inventory as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 is as follows:
(In thousands) | March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Single-family lots, land and land development costs | $ | 807,324 |  |  | $ | 778,943 |
Land held for sale | 8,732 |  |  | 12,633 |
Homes under construction | 760,756 |  |  | 730,390 |
Model homes and furnishings - at cost (less accumulated depreciation: March 31, 2019 - $13,568; December 31, 2018 - $13,441) | 92,942 |  |  | 87,132 |
Community development district infrastructure | 11,728 |  |  | 12,392 |
Land purchase deposits | 33,386 |  |  | 33,662 |
Consolidated inventory not owned | 15,920 |  |  | 19,308 |
Total inventory | $ | 1,730,788 |  |  | $ | 1,674,460 |
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Table Text Block] | The summary of capitalized interest for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands) | 2019 |  | 2018
Capitalized interest, beginning of period | $ | 20,765 |  |  | $ | 17,169 |
Interest capitalized to inventory | 6,134 |  |  | 5,959 |
Capitalized interest charged to land and housing costs and expenses | (5,393 | ) |  | (4,864 | )
Capitalized interest, end of period | $ | 21,506 |  |  | $ | 18,264 |
Interest incurred | $ | 12,926 |  |  | $ | 11,837 |

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