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REAL ESTATE AND CAPITALIZED INTEREST
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
REAL ESTATE AND CAPITALIZED INTEREST REAL ESTATE AND CAPITALIZED INTEREST
Real estate consists of the following (in thousands):
As of
September 30, 2026December 31, 2025
Homes completed and under construction (1)
$2,045,060 $2,069,548 
Finished home sites and home sites under development (2)
3,842,767 3,917,572 
Consolidated real estate not owned (3)
126,684 — 
Total$6,014,511 $5,987,120 

(1)Includes the allocated land and land development costs associated with each lot for sold and unsold homes.
(2)Includes raw land, land held for development, land held for sale and communities in mothball status, less impairments, if any. Land held for development, land held for sale and communities in mothball status totaled $267.3 million and $164.4 million as of September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. We do not capitalize interest for these inactive assets, and all ongoing costs of land ownership (i.e. property taxes, homeowner association dues, etc.) are expensed as incurred.
(3)Represents purchase contracts where we have a specific performance obligation. See Note 3 for additional information on consolidated real estate not owned.
Subject to sufficient qualifying assets, we capitalize our development period interest costs incurred to applicable qualifying assets in connection with our real estate development and construction activities. Capitalized interest is allocated to active Real estate when incurred and charged to Cost of closings when the related property is delivered. A summary of our capitalized interest is as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Capitalized interest, beginning of period$86,737 $63,814 $77,064 $53,678 
Interest incurred20,218 20,050 60,337 54,759 
Interest expensed(1,352)— (4,126)— 
Interest amortized to cost of home and land closings(13,434)(12,663)(41,106)(37,236)
Capitalized interest, end of period$92,169 $71,201 $92,169 $71,201 
As discussed in Note 1, and in accordance with ASC 360-10, all of our land inventory and related real estate assets are periodically reviewed for recoverability when certain criteria are met, but at least annually, as our inventory is considered “long-lived” in accordance with GAAP. Based on these reviews, we recorded the following impairment charges during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 (in thousands).
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Real estate inventory impairments:
West$1,735 $543 $1,735 $543 
Central3,973 1,243 7,437 1,243 
East$931 6,907 $3,476 6,907 
Total$6,639 $8,693 $12,648 $8,693 
Impairments of land held for sale:
West$— $— $— $— 
Central— — — — 
East$— 599 $— 599 
Total$— $599 $— $599 
Total impairments:
West$1,735 543 $1,735 543 
Central3,973 1,243 7,437 1,243 
East$931 7,506 $3,476 7,506 
Total$6,639 $9,292 $12,648 $9,292 

As discussed in Note 1, non-refundable deposits are expensed to Cost of closings when a land acquisition is terminated or no longer considered probable. The following tables summarizes the write-offs of non-refundable deposits and associated pre-acquisition costs for terminated land contracts during the periods presented (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2026202520262025
Terminated option/purchase contracts and related pre-acquisition costs:
West$30 $2,544 $256 $3,667 
Central7 104 499 663 
East(680)(1)3,151 $251 7,107 
Total$(643)$5,799 $1,006 $11,437