| Summary of Lots Under Option | 
The table below presents a summary of our lots under option at March 31, 2017 (dollars in thousands): 
 
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|   | Projected Number of Lots |   | Purchase Price |   | Option/ Earnest  Money Deposits–Cash |   |  
| Purchase and option contracts recorded on balance sheet as Real estate not owned | 65 | 
 |   | $ | 9,987 | 
 |   | $ | 1,498 | 
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Option contracts — non-refundable deposits, committed (1)
 | 4,903 | 
 |   | 386,834 | 
 |   | 49,858 | 
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Purchase contracts — non-refundable deposits, committed (1)
 | 5,336 | 
 |   | 279,229 | 
 |   | 21,795 | 
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| Purchase and option contracts —refundable deposits, committed | 1,173 | 
 |   | 67,221 | 
 |   | 2,663 | 
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| Total committed  | 11,477 | 
 |   | 743,271 | 
 |   | 75,814 | 
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Purchase and option contracts — refundable deposits, uncommitted (2)
 | 8,632 | 
 |   | 280,234 | 
 |   | 4,210 | 
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| Total lots under contract or option | 20,109 | 
 |   | $ | 1,023,505 | 
 |   | $ | 80,024 | 
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Total purchase and option contracts not recorded on balance sheet (3)
 | 20,044 | 
 |   | $ | 1,013,518 | 
 |   | $ | 78,526 | 
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| (1) | Deposits are non-refundable except if certain contractual conditions are not performed by the selling party. |  
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| (2) | Deposits are refundable at our sole discretion. We have not completed our acquisition evaluation process and we have not internally committed to purchase these lots. |  
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| (3) | Except for our specific performance contracts recorded on our balance sheet as Real estate not owned, none of our option agreements require us to purchase lots. |  
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| (4) | 
Amount is reflected on our consolidated balance sheet in Deposits on real estate under option or contract as of March 31, 2017.
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