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Exhibit 12.1



STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF
EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES



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|--------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | ---- |  | - | ------- | - |  | ---- | ------- | - |  | - | ------- | -
|                                                                |  | Year Ended December 31, |        
|                                                                |  | 2005                    |         |   | 2004 |   |         | 2003 |  |   | 2002    |   |  | 2001 |        
|                                                                |  | (dollars in thousands)  |        
|Income before provision for income taxes                        |  | $                       | 314,780 |   |      | $ | 285,148 |      |  | $ | 123,952 |   |  | $    | 67,781  |   |  | $ | 53,525  |  
|Interest incurred                                               |  |                         | 73,208  |   |      |   | 59,024  |      |  |   | 47,188  |   |  |      | 26,783  |   |  |   | 21,908  |  
|Less interest capitalized                                       |  |                         | (73,208 | ) |      |   | (59,024 | )    |  |   | (47,188 | ) |  |      | (26,783 | ) |  |   | (21,681 | )
|Amortization of capitalized interest included in cost of sales  |  |                         | 55,748  |   |      |   | 62,671  |      |  |   | 36,376  |   |  |      | 28,109  |   |  |   | 20,537  |  
|Cash distributions of income from unconsolidated joint ventures |  |                         | 2,708   |   |      |   |        |      |  |   | 37,501  |   |  |      | 24,621  |   |  |   | 18,404  |  
|Less equity in (income) loss of unconsolidated joint ventures   |  |                         | ( 4,301 | ) |      |   | 699     |      |  |   | (31,236 | ) |  |      | (27,748 | ) |  |   | (22,384 | )
|                                                                |  |                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Earnings                                                        |  | $                       | 368,935 |   |      | $ | 348,518 |      |  | $ | 166,593 |   |  | $    | 92,763  |   |  | $ | 70,309  |  
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|Interest incurred                                               |  |                         |         |   |      |   |         |      |  |   |         |   |  |      |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Interest expensed                                               |  | $                       |        |   |      | $ |        |      |  | $ |        |   |  | $    |        |   |  | $ | 227     |  
|Interest capitalized                                            |  |                         | 73,208  |   |      |   | 59,024  |      |  |   | 47,188  |   |  |      | 26,783  |   |  |   | 21,681  |  
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|Fixed Charges                                                   |  | $                       | 73,208  |   |      | $ | 59,024  |      |  | $ | 47,188  |   |  | $    | 26,783  |   |  | $ | 21,908  |  
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|Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                              |  |                         | 5.04x   |   |      |   | 5.91x   |      |  |   | 3.53x   |   |  |      | 3.46x   |   |  |   | 3.21x   |  
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