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Horton D R Inc/DE – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Monday, 4/30/18, at 5:22pm ET · For: 3/31/18 · Accession #: 882184-18-75 · File #: 1-14122

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

 4/30/18  Horton D R Inc/DE                 10-Q        3/31/18   74:14M

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   1.19M 
 2: EX-12.1     Ratio Computation                                   HTML     37K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant   HTML     30K 
                to Section 302(A)                                                
 4: EX-31.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant   HTML     30K 
                to Section 302(A)                                                
 5: EX-32.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant   HTML     23K 
                to 18 U.S.C.                                                     
 6: EX-32.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant   HTML     23K 
                to 18 U.S.C.                                                     
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     39K 
14: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    104K 
15: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     43K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML     72K 
17: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    131K 
18: R6          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     77K 
19: R7          Segment Information                                 HTML    583K 
20: R8          Inventory                                           HTML     29K 
21: R9          Notes Payable                                       HTML     77K 
22: R10         Capitalized Interest                                HTML     45K 
23: R11         Mortgage Loans                                      HTML     56K 
24: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     36K 
25: R13         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     55K 
26: R14         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     27K 
27: R15         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     30K 
28: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     77K 
29: R17         Other Assets, Accrued Expenses and Other            HTML     58K 
                Liabilities                                                      
30: R18         Investment in Unconsolidated Entities               HTML     48K 
31: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    173K 
32: R20         Supplemental Guarantor Information                  HTML    539K 
33: R21         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     49K 
34: R22         Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation         HTML     51K 
                (Tables)                                                         
35: R23         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    571K 
36: R24         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML     53K 
37: R25         Capitalized Interest (Tables)                       HTML     43K 
38: R26         Mortgage Loans (Tables)                             HTML     43K 
39: R27         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     56K 
40: R28         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     59K 
41: R29         Other Assets, Accrued Expenses and Other            HTML     59K 
                Liabilities (Tables)                                             
42: R30         Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Tables)      HTML     45K 
43: R31         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    171K 
44: R32         Supplemental Guarantor Information (Tables)         HTML    530K 
45: R33         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML    117K 
46: R34         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     40K 
47: R35         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    275K 
48: R36         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     41K 
49: R37         Notes Payable (Details)                             HTML     65K 
50: R38         Notes Payable - Narrative (Details)                 HTML    115K 
51: R39         Capitalized Interest (Details)                      HTML     33K 
52: R40         Mortgage Loans - Mortgage Loans Held for Sale       HTML     47K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R41         Mortgage Loans - Other Mortgage Loans (Details)     HTML     39K 
54: R42         Mortgage Loans - Loan Commitments and Related       HTML     28K 
                Derivatives (Details)                                            
55: R43         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     58K 
56: R44         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     44K 
57: R45         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     41K 
58: R46         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     52K 
59: R47         Commitments and Contingencies - Warranty Claims     HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R48         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R49         Commitments and Contingencies - Legal Claims and    HTML     27K 
                Insurance (Details)                                              
62: R50         Other Assets, Accrued Expenses and Other            HTML     66K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
63: R51         Investment in Unconsolidated Entities - Narrative   HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R52         Investment in Unconsolidated Entities - Condensed   HTML     67K 
                Financial Information of Unconsolidated Entities                 
                (Details)                                                        
65: R53         Fair Value Measurements - Recurring (Details)       HTML     68K 
66: R54         Fair Value Measurements - Level 3 Rollforward       HTML     52K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R55         Fair Value Measurements - Nonrecurring (Details)    HTML     50K 
68: R56         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML     54K 
                Not Reflected at Fair Value (Details)                            
69: R57         Supplemental Guarantor Information - Balance Sheet  HTML    123K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R58         Supplemental Guarantor Information - Statement of   HTML     88K 
                Operations (Details)                                             
71: R59         Supplemental Guarantor Information - Statement of   HTML    130K 
                Cash Flows (Details)                                             
73: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    128K 
72: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    101K 
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11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- dhi-20180331_lab                      XML   1.50M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- dhi-20180331_pre               XML   1.11M 
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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

10/01/20  D.R. Horton, Inc.                 424B2                  1:845K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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Horton D R Inc/DE – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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