Fair Value Disclosures

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Fair Value Disclosures

Fair Value Disclosures

Note 14 - Fair Value Disclosures

ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, provides guidance for using fair value to measure assets and liabilities, defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under GAAP, expands disclosures about fair value measurements, and establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

The accounting standards require that assets and liabilities carried at fair value be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

Level 1: Fair value determined based on quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

Level 2: Fair value determined using significant observable inputs, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data, by correlation or other means.

Level 3: Fair value determined using significant unobservable inputs, such as discounted cash flows, or similar techniques.

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, receivables, accounts payable, the Senior Secured Credit Facility, and the Senior Unsecured Credit Facility approximate the fair value due to their short-term nature.

Certain assets are required to be recorded at fair value on a non-recurring basis when events and circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable.

The carrying amounts and fair values of our financial liabilities as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows (in thousands):

	December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
	Carrying		Fair		Carrying		Fair
	Amount		Value		Amount		Value
Senior notes:
6.625% Notes, net (1)	$	392,909	$	420,480	$	—	$	—
6.00% Notes, net (1)		79,199		90,240		78,878		84,984
8.50% Notes, net (1)		—		—		196,782		206,500
Contingent consideration (earn-out) (2)		—		—		2,400		2,400

⁽¹⁾ The carrying amounts are net of unamortized deferred financing costs and certain debt discounts.

⁽²⁾ During the year ended December 31, 2017, we paid $2.4 million of earn-out and reduced the carrying amount of earn-out accrued during 2017 by $1.8 million to its estimated fair value, which is included in selling, general and administrative expenses on our consolidated statement of operations.

In estimating the fair value of financial liabilities, we used the following methods and assumptions:

Senior Notes

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the fair value of the 6.625% Notes, 6.00% Notes and 8.50% Notes are estimated, based on quoted or estimated market prices. These fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Contingent Consideration (“earn-out”)

This was recognized as part of the purchase price paid for the Bonterra Builders acquisition in 2015 and the Savvy Homes acquisition in 2017. At inception, the fair values were determined through the use of valuation models that simulated earnings, applying the terms of the earn-out in each simulated path, determining the average payment in each year across all the trials of the simulation, and calculating the present values of the future payments. The primary inputs and key assumptions include estimated future earnings, probabilities of achievement, earnings volatility, and the discount rate. These fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.