REAL ESTATE INVENTORY AND LAND DEPOSITS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Real Estate [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory

Inventory consists of the following (in thousands):

	As of
	June 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Real estate developed and under development	$	3,879,560	$	3,895,681
Real estate held for development or held for sale (1)	72,411		70,305
Operating communities (2)	1,838,216		1,309,551
Capitalized interest	185,364		168,670
Total owned inventory	5,975,551		5,444,207
Consolidated real estate not owned	70,817		55,314
Total real estate inventory	$	6,046,368	$	5,499,521

(1) Real estate held for development or held for sale includes properties which are not in active production. This includes raw land recently purchased or awaiting entitlement, and, if applicable, long-term strategic assets.

(2) Operating communities consist of all vertical construction costs relating to homes in progress and completed homes.

Schedule of Development Status of Land Inventory

The development status of our land inventory is as follows (dollars in thousands):

	As of
	June 30, 2022			December 31, 2021
	Owned Lots	Book Value of Land and Development		Owned Lots	Book Value of Land and Development
Homebuilding owned lots
Raw	3,801	$	172,327	4,017	$	178,952
Partially developed	24,641	1,619,200		24,636	1,568,967
Finished	19,939	2,145,750		19,360	2,119,128
Total homebuilding owned lots	48,381	3,937,277		48,013	3,867,047
Other assets(1)	—	14,694		5,298	98,939
Total owned lots	48,381	$	3,951,971	53,311	$	3,965,986

(1) The remaining book value of land and development as of June 30, 2022 relates to parcels of commercial assets which are. excluded from the owned lots presented in the table.

Schedule of Controlled Lots

The table below presents a summary of our controlled lots for the following periods (dollars in thousands):

	As of
	June 30, 2022					December 31, 2021
	Controlled Lots	Purchase Price		Land Deposit (1)		Controlled Lots	Purchase Price		Land Deposit (1)
Homebuilding controlled lots
Land option purchase contracts	6,805	$	390,373	$	49,587	8,360	$	507,161	$	57,554
Land banking arrangements	7,173	1,063,392		157,433		5,731	749,813		117,721
Other controlled lots	19,972	1,243,367		61,241		14,671	1,338,284		38,505
Total controlled lots	33,950	$	2,697,132	$	268,261	28,762	$	2,595,258	$	213,780

(1) Land deposits noted are all non-refundable and represent our exposure to loss related to our contracts with third parties, unconsolidated entities, and land banking arrangements.. In addition, at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 we had refundable deposits of $10.1 million and $15.7 million respectively.

Schedule of Interest Capitalized, Incurred, Expensed and Amortized

Interest capitalized, incurred and amortized is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Interest capitalized - beginning of period	$	177,969	$	174,174	$	168,670	$	163,780
Interest incurred and capitalized	40,815		40,416		80,544		78,135
Interest amortized to cost of home closings	(33,420)		(34,070)		(63,850)		(61,395)
Interest capitalized - end of period	$	185,364	$	180,520	$	185,364	$	180,520