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REAL ESTATE AND CAPITALIZED INTEREST (Tables)

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REAL ESTATE AND CAPITALIZED INTEREST (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Real Estate
Real estate consists of the following (in thousands):
 
 
As of
 
 
September 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Homes under contract under construction (1)
 
$
677,456

 
$
508,927

Unsold homes, completed and under construction (1)
 
484,701

 
431,725

Model homes (1)
 
140,326

 
147,406

Finished home sites and home sites under development (2)
 
1,459,786

 
1,334,005

Total
 
$
2,762,269


$
2,422,063



(1)
Includes the allocated land and land development costs associated with each lot for these homes.
(2)
Includes raw land, land held for development and land held for sale. Land held for development primarily reflects land and land development costs related to land where development activity is not currently underway but is expected to begin in the future. For these parcels, we may have chosen not to currently develop certain land holdings as they typically represent a portion or phases of a larger land parcel that we plan to build out over several years. We do not capitalize interest for inactive assets, and all ongoing costs of land ownership (i.e. property taxes, homeowner association dues, etc.) are expensed as incurred.
Summary of Capitalized Interest
A summary of our capitalized interest is as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Capitalized interest, beginning of period
$
72,327

 
$
64,682

 
$
68,196

 
$
61,202

Interest incurred
21,024

 
17,372

 
58,199

 
52,644

Interest expensed
(1,116
)
 
(167
)
 
(3,561
)
 
(5,127
)
Interest amortized to cost of home and land closings
(15,462
)
 
(14,256
)
 
(46,061
)
 
(41,088
)
Capitalized interest, end of period
$
76,773

 
$
67,631

 
$
76,773

 
$
67,631