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Ryland Group Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/12 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Tuesday, 5/8/12, at 4:15pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/12   ·   Accession #:  1104659-12-34489   ·   File #:  1-08029

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 5/08/12  Ryland Group Inc                  10-Q        3/31/12   80:15M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.11M 
 2: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     62K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
54: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     43K 
42: R2          Consolidated Statements of Earnings                 HTML    119K 
52: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    119K 
56: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     39K 
74: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    132K 
44: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
51: R7          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     49K 
38: R8          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     24K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
28: R9          Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive      HTML     24K 
                Income                                                           
75: R10         Consolidated Financial Statements                   HTML     35K 
58: R11         Comprehensive Loss                                  HTML     30K 
57: R12         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash          HTML     30K 
63: R13         Segment Information                                 HTML     70K 
64: R14         Earnings Per Share Reconciliation                   HTML     69K 
61: R15         Marketable Securities, Available-for-sale           HTML    139K 
65: R16         Housing Inventories                                 HTML     83K 
53: R17         Variable Interest Entities ("Vie")                  HTML     29K 
55: R18         Investments in Joint Ventures                       HTML     62K 
60: R19         Debt and Credit Facilities                          HTML     57K 
80: R20         Fair Values of Financial and Nonfinancial           HTML    112K 
                Instruments                                                      
70: R21         Postretirement Benefits                             HTML     34K 
48: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML     31K 
59: R23         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    110K 
50: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML    118K 
21: R25         New Accounting Pronouncements                       HTML     30K 
71: R26         Supplemental Guarantor Information                  HTML    586K 
77: R27         Discontinued Operations                             HTML     48K 
33: R28         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     24K 
32: R29         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     63K 
36: R30         Earnings Per Share Reconciliation (Tables)          HTML     61K 
37: R31         Marketable Securities, Available-for-sale (Tables)  HTML    136K 
39: R32         Housing Inventories (Tables)                        HTML     74K 
19: R33         Investments in Joint Ventures (Tables)              HTML     56K 
68: R34         Debt and Credit Facilities (Tables)                 HTML     54K 
46: R35         Fair Values of Financial and Nonfinancial           HTML    102K 
                Instruments (Tables)                                             
49: R36         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    102K 
24: R37         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML    116K 
79: R38         Supplemental Guarantor Information (Tables)         HTML    573K 
13: R39         Discontinued Operations (Tables)                    HTML     44K 
40: R40         Consolidated Financial Statements (Details)         HTML     28K 
73: R41         Comprehensive Loss (Details)                        HTML     26K 
23: R42         Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash          HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
31: R43         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     48K 
35: R44         Earnings Per Share Reconciliation (Details)         HTML     86K 
43: R45         Marketable Securities, Available-for-sale           HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
18: R46         Marketable Securities, Available-for-sale (Details  HTML     38K 
                2)                                                               
27: R47         Housing Inventories (Details)                       HTML     59K 
16: R48         Variable Interest Entities ("Vie") (Details)        HTML     34K 
72: R49         Investments in Joint Ventures (Details)             HTML     47K 
22: R50         Debt and Credit Facilities (Details)                HTML     56K 
69: R51         Fair Values of Financial and Nonfinancial           HTML     64K 
                Instruments (Details)                                            
25: R52         Fair Values of Financial and Nonfinancial           HTML     35K 
                Instruments (Details 2)                                          
41: R53         Fair Values of Financial and Nonfinancial           HTML     30K 
                Instruments (Details 3)                                          
14: R54         Postretirement Benefits (Details)                   HTML     51K 
17: R55         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     40K 
34: R56         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML    108K 
20: R57         Stock-Based Compensation (Details 2)                HTML     46K 
76: R58         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     54K 
45: R59         Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2)           HTML     66K 
62: R60         Supplemental Guarantor Information (Details)        HTML     29K 
26: R61         Supplemental Guarantor Information (Details 2)      HTML     67K 
29: R62         Supplemental Guarantor Information (Details 3)      HTML    106K 
67: R63         Supplemental Guarantor Information (Details 4)      HTML    153K 
66: R64         Supplemental Guarantor Information (Details 5)      HTML     30K 
47: R65         Discontinued Operations (Details)                   HTML     50K 
78: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    118K 
30: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports (.xls)            XLS   2.80M 
 7: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- ryl-20120331                        XML   3.58M 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- ryl-20120331_cal                XML    200K 
12: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- ryl-20120331_def                 XML   1.10M 
10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- ryl-20120331_lab                      XML   3.14M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- ryl-20120331_pre               XML   1.60M 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- ryl-20120331                          XSD    271K 
15: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001104659-12-034489-xbrl      Zip    283K 


‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — ryl-20120331_pre


This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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