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Deposits and pre-acquisition costs written off related to option contracts we abandoned.

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Finished Homes and Homes under Construction

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Inventory with potential indicators of impairment

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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- References

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of parcels of land held for sale, and on which the entity has no intention or no further intention to perform construction activities.

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Total of (1) improvements, (2) held-for-sale, (3) land and land under development, (4) construction-in-process, (5) mortgage loans held-in-inventory, and (6) other real estate investments which are considered inventory due to being held for sale or disposition.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date, net of valuation allowances and impairment losses, of costs of land expected to be developed in the near term plus capitalized costs of development, for purposes of selling completed units to home buyers or commercial or industrial entities..