Fair Value Disclosures

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

14.	Fair Value Disclosures

Fair Value Measurements

ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines “fair value” as the price that would be received for selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at measurement date and requires assets and liabilities carried at fair value to be classified and disclosed in the following three categories:

·	Level 1—Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets

·	Level 2—Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are inactive; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets at measurement date

·	Level 3—Valuations derived from techniques where one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable in active markets at measurement date

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

A summary of assets and liabilities at December 31, 2014 and 2013, related to our financial instruments, measured at fair value on a recurring basis, is set forth below (in thousands):

		December 31, 2014				December 31, 2013
	Hierarchy	Book Value		Fair Value		Book Value		Fair Value
Receivables (a)	Level 3	$	20,118	$	20,118	$	60,397	$	60,390
Senior Notes (b)	Level 2		887,502		896,625
Notes payable and other borrowings (c)	Level 3		274,677		274,677

At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the carrying value of cash and cash equivalents approximated fair value.

a.	The estimated fair value of our receivables was based on the discounted value of the expected future cash flows using current rates for similar receivables. The book value of our receivables equaled the fair value as of December 31, 2014 due to the short-term nature of the remaining receivables.

b.	The estimated fair value of our Senior Notes at December 31, 2014 is based on quoted market prices.

c.	We believe that the carrying value of our notes payable and other borrowings approximates fair value.

Fair Value of Nonfinancial Assets

Nonfinancial assets include items such as real estate inventories and long-lived assets that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis with events and circumstances indicating the carrying value is not recoverable. The following table presents impairment charges and the remaining net fair value for nonfinancial assets that were measured during the periods presented (in thousands):

Year Ended

December 31, 2014

December 31, 2013

Fair Value

Impairment

Net of

Impairment

Net of

Hierarchy

Charge

Impairment

Charge

Impairment

Real estate inventories

Level 3

931

20,329

341,086

21,528

The homebuilding impairment charge as of December 31, 2013 was primarily related to the impairment of Coyote Springs in December 2013. Under the terms of the Transaction Agreement, certain assets and liabilities of WRECO and its subsidiaries were excluded from the transaction and retained by Weyerhaeuser, including assets and liabilities relating to the Coyote Springs Property. Consequently, WRECO recognized a $340.3 million impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2013 for the impairment of the Coyote Springs Property. In addition, WRECO wrote off $3.0 million of option deposits and pre-acquisition costs related to the Coyote Springs Property.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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