SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation — The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes included in our 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Annual Report”). In the opinion of management, the accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include all normal and recurring adjustments that are considered necessary for the fair presentation of our results for the interim periods presented. Results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for a full fiscal year.

Non-controlling interests – During the first quarter of 2018, we completed sales of our Class A Common Stock in registered public offerings, totaling 28.7 million shares. We used all of the net proceeds from the public offerings to purchase partnership units in New TMM (“New TMM Units”) along with shares of our Class B Common Stock, held by our Remaining Principal Equityholders. In addition, in a series of transactions following each public offering, the Company purchased 3.8 million shares of Class B common stock directly from our Remaining Principal Equityholders on both January 8, 2018 and January 17, 2018, for an aggregate total of 7.6 million shares purchased. As a result, we adjusted Non-controlling interests and Additional paid-in capital on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity to reflect the change in ownership. Refer to Note 10- Stockholders' Equity for discussion regarding our equity offering transactions.

Joint Ventures - We consolidate certain joint ventures in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 810, "“Consolidation.” The income from the percentage of the joint venture not owned by us in presented as “Net income attributable to non-controlling interests - joint ventures” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. Significant estimates include real estate development costs to complete, valuation of real estate, valuation of acquired assets, valuation of goodwill, valuation of equity awards, valuation allowance on deferred tax assets and reserves for warranty and self-insured risks. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Real Estate Inventory — Inventory consists of raw land, land under development, homes under construction, completed homes, and model homes, all of which are stated at cost. In addition to direct carrying costs, we also capitalize interest, real estate taxes, and related development costs that benefit the entire community, such as field construction supervision and related direct overhead. Home vertical construction costs are accumulated and charged to cost of sales at the time of home closing using the specific identification method. Land acquisition, development, interest, real estate taxes and overhead are allocated to homes and units using the relative sales value method. These costs are capitalized to inventory from the point development begins to the point construction is completed. Changes in estimated costs to be incurred in a community are generally allocated to the remaining lots on a prospective basis. For those communities that have been temporarily closed or development has been discontinued, we do not allocate interest or other costs to the community’s inventory until activity resumes. Such costs are expensed as incurred.

We capitalize qualifying interest costs to inventory during the development and construction periods. Capitalized interest is charged to cost of sales when the related inventory is delivered or when the related inventory is charged to cost of sales.

We assess the recoverability of our inventory in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment. We review our real estate inventory for indicators of impairment by community during each reporting period. If indicators of impairment are present for a community, we first perform an undiscounted cash flow analysis to determine if the carrying value of the assets in that community exceeds the expected undiscounted cash flows. Generally, if the carrying value of the assets exceeds their estimated undiscounted cash flows, then the assets are deemed to be impaired and are recorded at fair value as of the assessment date. Our determination of fair value is based on a discounted cash flow model which includes projections and estimates relating to sales prices, construction costs, sales pace, and other factors. Changes in these expectations may lead to a change in the outcome of our impairment analysis, and actual results may also differ from our assumptions. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, no impairment charges were recorded.

In certain cases, we may elect to cease development and/or marketing of an existing community if we believe the economic performance of the community would be maximized by deferring development for a period of time to allow for market conditions to improve. The decision may be based on financial and/or operational metrics as determined by us. If we decide to cease developing a project, we will evaluate the project for impairment and then cease future development and marketing activity until such a time when we believe that market conditions have improved and economic performance can be maximized. Our assessment of the carrying value of our assets typically includes subjective estimates of future performance, including the timing of when development will recommence, the type of product to be offered, and the margin to be realized. In the future, some of these inactive communities may be re-opened while others may be sold. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, we had one and two inactive projects with a carrying value of $3.2 million and $10.7 million, respectively, in the West homebuilding segment. There were no inactive projects in our Central or East homebuilding segments as of June 30, 2018 or December 31, 2017.

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into various specific performance agreements to acquire lots. Real estate not owned under these agreements is consolidated into real estate inventory with a corresponding liability in liabilities attributable to real estate not owned under option agreements in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Investments in Unconsolidated Entities — We evaluate our investments in unconsolidated entities for indicators of impairment. A series of operating losses of an investee or other factors may indicate that a decrease in value of our investment in the unconsolidated entity has occurred which is other-than-temporary. The amount of impairment recognized is the excess of the investment’s carrying amount over its estimated fair value. Additionally, we consider various qualitative factors to determine if a decrease in the value of the investment is other-than-temporary. These factors include age of the venture, stage in its life cycle, our intent and ability to recover our investment in the unconsolidated entity, financial condition and long-term prospects of the unconsolidated entity, short-term liquidity needs of the unconsolidated entity, trends in the general economic environment of the land, entitlement status of the land held by the unconsolidated entity, overall projected returns on investment, defaults under contracts with third parties (including bank debt), recoverability of the investment through future cash flows and relationships with the other partners. If the Company believes that the decline in the fair value of the investment is temporary, then no impairment is recorded. We did not record any impairment charges for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 or 2017.

Revenue Recognition

Topic 606

In January 2018, we adopted ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASU 2014-09”), which provides new guidance for revenue recognition and elected to use the modified retrospective approach to account for prior periods. The standard's core principle requires an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance does not materially impact our home closings revenue, net, land closings revenue or financial services revenue based on our current operations, customer contracts, and policies. However, the following changes were made to conform to the new guidance:

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Forfeited customer deposits were previously classified as a credit to Other expense/(income), net on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. Under Topic 606, these are now considered revenue and recorded in Home closings revenue, net as of January 1, 2018. Prior period balances for forfeited customer deposits were not reclassified and are not material to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Certain costs related to sales offices and model homes were previously capitalized and presented within Prepaid expenses and other assets, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and amortized through Sales, commissions and other marketing costs on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. Beginning January 1, 2018, these costs have been reclassified to Property and equipment, net on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and depreciated through Sales, commissions and other marketing costs on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. A total of $32.0 million of sales office and model homes costs were reclassified from Prepaid expenses and other assets, net to Property and equipment, net as of January 1, 2018. As we elected the modified retrospective approach to account for prior periods, the balance of any capitalized sales office and model home costs required to be expensed under Topic 606 was recorded as an adjustment to beginning retained earnings in the first quarter of 2018 and reflected as an approximate $2.0 million cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity.

Home and land closings revenue

Under Topic 606, the following steps are applied to determine the proper home closings revenue and land closings revenue recognition: (1) we identify the contract(s) with our customer; (2) we identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) we determine the transaction price; (4) we allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) we recognize revenue when (or as) we satisfy the performance obligation. For our home sales transactions, we have one contract, with one performance obligation, with each customer to build and deliver the home purchased (or develop and deliver land). Based on the application of the five steps, the following summarizes the timing and manner of home and land sales revenue:


•	Revenue from closings of residential real estate is recognized when closings have occurred, the buyer has made the required minimum down payment, obtained necessary financing, the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred to the buyer, and we have no continuing involvement with the property, which is generally upon the close of escrow. Revenue is reported net of any discounts and incentives.


•	Revenue from land sales is recognized when a significant down payment is received, title passes and collectability of the receivable is reasonably assured, and we have no continuing involvement with the property, which is generally upon the close of escrow.

Financial services revenue

Mortgage operations and hedging activity related to financial services are not within the scope of Topic 606 and therefore there was no change to our accounting policies related to such activities. Loan origination fees (including title fees, points, and closing costs) are recognized at the time the related real estate transactions are completed, usually upon the close of escrow. All of the loans TMHF originates are sold to third party investors within a short period of time, on a non-recourse basis. Gains and losses from the sale of mortgages are recognized in accordance with ASC Topic 860-20, Sales of Financial Assets. TMHF does not have continuing involvement with the transferred assets, therefore, we derecognize the mortgage loans at time of sale, based on the difference between the selling price and carrying value of the related loans upon sale, recording a gain/loss on sale in the period of sale. Also included in financial services revenue/expenses is the realized and unrealized gains and losses from hedging instruments.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements — In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”). ASU 2016-02 primarily impacts off-balance sheet operating leases and will require such leases, with the exception of short-term leases, to be recorded on the balance sheet. Lessor accounting is not significantly impacted by the new guidance, however certain updates were made to align lessee and lessor treatment. ASU 2016-02 will be effective for us in our fiscal year beginning January 1, 2019. The guidance requires a modified retrospective approach for all existing leases at the date of initial adoption. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases. ASU 2018-10 primarily provides additional guidance to Topic 842 including clarification on residual value guarantees, implicit rates, lessee reassessment of lease classifications, and other various areas within the Topic. We do not believe the adoption of ASU 2016-02 or ASU 2018-10 will have a material impact on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures.