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The amount of interest costs that had been capitalized by unconsolidated entities and transferred to inventory during the period.

No definition available.

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[Line Items] for Information related to interest capitalized into homebuilding inventory

No definition available.

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The amount of interest costs that had been capitalized to inventory which were charged to other income during the period.

No definition available.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of interest costs that were capitalized to properties under development during the land development and construction period of a project, and which are included in inventory.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6450988&loc=d3e26243-108391

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Amount of interest cost charged to cost of sales that had been previously capitalized to inventory.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6450988&loc=d3e26243-108391

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The amount of interest capitalized to an operative builder's inventory during the period.