Warranty Accrual

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Product Warranties Disclosures [Abstract]

Our homes are sold with limited third-party warranties and, under our agreement with the issuer of the third-party warranties, we are responsible for performing all of the work for the first two years of the warranty coverage, and paying for certain work required to be performed subsequent to year two. We record accruals for general and structural warranty claims, as well as accruals for known, unusual warranty-related expenditures. Our warranty accrual is recorded based upon historical payment experience in an amount estimated to be adequate to cover expected costs of materials and outside labor during warranty periods. The determination of the warranty accrual rate for closed homes and the evaluation of our warranty accrual balance at period end are based on an internally developed analysis that includes known facts and interpretations of circumstances, including, among other things, our trends in historical warranty payment levels and warranty payments for claims not considered to be normal and recurring.

Our warranty accrual is included in accrued and other liabilities in the homebuilding section of our consolidated balance sheets and adjustments to our warranty accrual are recorded as an increase or reduction to home cost of sales in the homebuilding section of our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

The table set forth below summarizes accrual, adjustment and payment activity related to our warranty accrual for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022. The warranty accrual during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 remained relatively flat as the decrease in home closings was offset by an increase to the per home accrual rate concurrent with the increase in construction costs year-over-year. The warranty accrual during the six months ended June 30, 2022 included a $2.4 million adjustment to increase our warranty accrual. This adjustment was due to higher general warranty related expenditures.


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022

	(Dollars in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	46,666	$	40,946	$	46,857	$	37,491
Expense provisions	6,302		6,787		11,937		12,619
Cash payments	(5,759)		(5,022)		(11,585)		(9,839)
Adjustments	—		—		—		2,440
Balance at end of period	$	47,209	$	42,711	$	47,209	$	42,711