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Horton D R Inc/DE – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/19 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 1/28/20, at 4:11pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/19   ·   Accession #:  882184-20-17   ·   File #:  1-14122

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 1/28/20  Horton D R Inc/DE                 10-Q       12/31/19   72:13M

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   1.83M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant   HTML     29K 
                to Section 302(A)                                                
 3: EX-31.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant   HTML     29K 
                to Section 302(A)                                                
 4: EX-32.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant   HTML     23K 
                to 18 U.S.C.                                                     
 5: EX-32.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant   HTML     23K 
                to 18 U.S.C.                                                     
57: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     78K 
14: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    111K 
38: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     43K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
64: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML     72K 
58: R5          Consolidated Statements of Total Equity             HTML     64K 
                Consolidated Statements of Total Equity                          
15: R6          Consolidated Statements of Total Equity             HTML     36K 
                Consolidated Statements of Total Equity                          
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
39: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    132K 
65: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     35K 
56: R9          Segment Information                                 HTML    496K 
70: R10         Inventory                                           HTML     25K 
47: R11         Notes Payable                                       HTML     79K 
20: R12         Capitalized Interest                                HTML     36K 
28: R13         Property and Equipment (Notes)                      HTML     44K 
69: R14         Mortgage Loans                                      HTML     28K 
46: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     29K 
19: R16         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     40K 
27: R17         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     28K 
68: R18         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     27K 
48: R19         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     64K 
17: R20         Other Assets, Accrued Expenses and Other            HTML     61K 
                Liabilities                                                      
43: R21         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    124K 
63: R22         Related Party Transactions (Notes)                  HTML     27K 
55: R23         Supplemental Guarantor Information                  HTML    469K 
16: R24         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     45K 
41: R25         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    484K 
61: R26         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML     54K 
54: R27         Capitalized Interest (Tables)                       HTML     34K 
18: R28         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     43K 
40: R29         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     41K 
29: R30         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     51K 
23: R31         Other Assets, Accrued Expenses and Other            HTML     62K 
                Liabilities (Tables)                                             
44: R32         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    131K 
66: R33         Supplemental Guarantor Information (Tables)         HTML    463K 
30: R34         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     33K 
24: R35         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     55K 
45: R36         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    245K 
67: R37         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     26K 
31: R38         Notes Payable (Details)                             HTML     76K 
21: R39         Notes Payable - Narrative (Details)                 HTML    103K 
35: R40         Capitalized Interest (Details)                      HTML     32K 
12: R41         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     63K 
51: R42         Mortgage Loans Mortgage Loans Held for Sale         HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R43         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     34K 
36: R44         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     48K 
13: R45         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     54K 
53: R46         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     45K 
60: R47         Commitments and Contingencies - Warranty Claims     HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
37: R48         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
11: R49         Commitments and Contingencies - Legal Claims and    HTML     27K 
                Insurance (Details)                                              
26: R50         Other Assets, Accrued Expenses and Other            HTML     82K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
34: R51         Fair Value Measurements - Recurring (Details)       HTML     58K 
72: R52         Fair Value Measurements - Nonrecurring (Details)    HTML     47K 
50: R53         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML     58K 
                Not Reflected at Fair Value (Details)                            
25: R54         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     43K 
33: R55         Supplemental Guarantor Information - Balance Sheet  HTML    133K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R56         Supplemental Guarantor Information - Statement of   HTML     80K 
                Operations (Details)                                             
49: R57         Supplemental Guarantor Information - Statement of   HTML    125K 
                Cash Flows (Details)                                             
42: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    125K 
62: XML         XBRL Instance -- a1231201910q_htm                    XML   4.21M 
32: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     90K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- dhi-20191231_cal                XML    212K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- dhi-20191231_def                 XML    941K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- dhi-20191231_lab                      XML   1.44M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- dhi-20191231_pre               XML   1.08M 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- dhi-20191231                          XSD    126K 
52: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              327±   477K 
22: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000882184-20-000017-xbrl      Zip    330K 


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