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Note 13 - Revolving Credit Facility and Letter of Credit Facilities
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Line OfCredit Facility [Text Block]
13.       Revolving Credit Facility and Letter of Credit Facilities

On February 28, 2011, we entered into a $210 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a bank group (the “Revolving Facility”).  The Revolving Facility matures in February 2014 and has an accordion feature under which the aggregate commitment may be increased up to $400 million, subject to the availability of additional bank commitments and certain other conditions.  The Revolving Facility contains financial covenants, including, but not limited to, (i) a minimum consolidated tangible net worth covenant; (ii) a covenant to maintain either (a) a minimum liquidity level or (b) a minimum interest coverage ratio; (iii) a maximum net homebuilding leverage ratio and (iv) a maximum land not under development to tangible net worth ratio.  This facility also contains a borrowing base provision, which limits the amount we may borrow or keep outstanding under the facility, and also contains a limitation on our investments in joint ventures.  Interest rates charged under the Revolving Facility include LIBOR and prime rate pricing options.  As of the date hereof, we satisfied the conditions that would allow us to borrow up to $196 million under the facility and had no amounts outstanding.

As of June 30, 2011 we were party to three letter of credit facilities that require cash collateralization.  As of June 30, 2011, these facilities, which have maturity dates ranging from September 2011 to November 2011, had commitments that aggregated $51 million, had a total of $32.2 million outstanding, and were secured by cash collateral deposits of $33.7 million.