Fair Value Disclosures

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

ASC 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

The following table presents an estimated fair value of the Company's Notes and Credit Facility. The Notes are classified as Level 2 and primarily reflect estimated prices obtained from outside pricing sources. The Company's Credit Facility is classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. The Company had an outstanding balance of $67.5 million under its Credit Facility at December 31, 2018, and the estimated fair value of the outstanding balance approximated the carrying value due to the short-term nature of LIBOR contracts.



	December 31, 2018				December 31, 2017
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
	(dollars in thousands)
7.25% Senior Notes due 2022, net ⁽¹⁾	$	320,148	$	292,500	$	318,656	$	336,375
Unsecured revolving credit facility	$	67,500	$	67,500	$	—	$	—

(1) The carrying value for the Senior Notes, as presented at December 31, 2018, is net of the unamortized discount of $1.7 million, unamortized premium of $1.3 million, and unamortized debt issuance costs of $4.5 million. The carrying value of the Senior Notes, as presented at December 31, 2017, is net of the unamortized discount of $2.2 million, unamortized premium of $1.8 million, and unamortized debt issuance costs of $5.9 million. The unamortized discount, unamortized premium and debt issuance costs are not factored into the estimated fair value.

The Company considers the carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, contracts and accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses and other liabilities to approximate the fair value of these financial instruments based on the short duration between origination of the instruments and their expected realization. The fair value of amounts due from affiliates is not determinable due to the related party nature of such amounts.

Non-Recurring Fair Value Adjustments

Nonfinancial assets and liabilities include items such as real estate inventory and long-lived assets that are measured at cost when acquired and adjusted for impairment to fair value, if deemed necessary. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized real estate-related impairment adjustments of $10.0 million and $2.2 million, respectively, related to two homebuilding communities for 2018 and one homebuilding community for 2017. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recognized real-estate related impairments of $3.5 million. Of this amount, $2.4 million related to two active homebuilding communities and $1.2 million related to land the Company had under development and intended to sell. The impairment adjustments were made using Level 3 inputs and assumptions, and the remaining carrying value of the real estate inventories subject to the impairment adjustments were $57.8 million, $5.9 million and $30.2 million at December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. For more information on real estate impairments, please refer to Note 4.

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized an other-than-temporary impairment to its investment in unconsolidated joint ventures of $1.1 million and $0, respectively. The 2018 impairment related to a land development joint venture in Northern California. The impairment adjustment was made using Level 3 inputs and assumptions. For more information on the investment in unconsolidated joint ventures impairment, please refer to Note 6.

- 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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