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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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Land and lots - developed and under development

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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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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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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 of land available for development.

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