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Horton D R Inc./DE – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 7/22/22, at 4:21pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  882184-22-152   ·   File #:  1-14122

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

 7/22/22  Horton D R Inc./DE                10-Q        6/30/22   57:10M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.76M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     18K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    123K 
13: R3          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML     97K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Total Equity             HTML     96K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    114K 
16: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     36K 
17: R7          Consolidated Statements of Total Equity             HTML     32K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     39K 
19: R9          Segment Information                                 HTML    414K 
20: R10         Inventory                                           HTML     19K 
21: R11         Notes Payable                                       HTML     63K 
22: R12         Capitalized Interest                                HTML     32K 
23: R13         Mortgage Loans                                      HTML     21K 
24: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     22K 
25: R15         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     39K 
26: R16         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     25K 
27: R17         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     23K 
28: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     49K 
29: R19         Other Assets, Accrued Expenses and Other            HTML     50K 
                Liabilities                                                      
30: R20         Basis of Presentation (Policies)                    HTML     44K 
31: R21         Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation         HTML     26K 
                (Tables)                                                         
32: R22         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    401K 
33: R23         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML     47K 
34: R24         Capitalized Interest (Tables)                       HTML     31K 
35: R25         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     38K 
36: R26         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     43K 
37: R27         Other Assets, Accrued Expenses and Other            HTML     52K 
                Liabilities (Tables)                                             
38: R28         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     57K 
39: R29         Segment Information - Narrative (Details)           HTML     28K 
40: R30         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML    275K 
41: R31         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     20K 
42: R32         Notes Payable (Details)                             HTML    130K 
43: R33         Capitalized Interest (Details)                      HTML     28K 
44: R34         Mortgage Loans Mortgage Loans Held for Sale         HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R35         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     27K 
46: R36         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     53K 
47: R37         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     52K 
48: R38         Employee Benefit Plans (Details)                    HTML     49K 
49: R39         Commitments and Contingencies - Warranty Claims     HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R40         Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative           HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R41         Commitments and Contingencies - Legal Claims and    HTML     23K 
                Insurance (Details)                                              
52: R42         Other Assets, Accrued Expenses and Other            HTML     87K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
55: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML     95K 
53: XML         XBRL Instance -- dhi-20220630_htm                    XML   2.99M 
54: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    124K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- dhi-20220630_cal                XML    140K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- dhi-20220630_def                 XML    510K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- dhi-20220630_lab                      XML   1.23M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- dhi-20220630_pre               XML    733K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- dhi-20220630                          XSD    112K 
56: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              335±   477K 
57: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000882184-22-000152-xbrl      Zip    757K

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4 Previous Filings that this Filing References

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

11/18/21  D.R. Horton, Inc.                 10-K        9/30/21   93:15M
11/08/17  D.R. Horton, Inc.                 8-K:5,9    11/02/17    2:168K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/29/17  D.R. Horton, Inc.                 8-K:1,7,9   6/29/17    5:817K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/02/06  Horton D R Inc./DE                10-Q       12/31/05   12:834K                                   RR Donnelley
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