The backlog at the end of fourth quarter was almost $4.5billion, down 25% compared with just north of $6 billion for theparallel 2005 time frame. Signed contracts plunged 55% to $709.6million in the most recent quarter, compared with nearly $1.6billion in the same quarter a year ago.
Furthermore, the quarterly contract total was negativelyimpacted by higher-than-normal cancellations. Cancellationsrepresented 37% of contracts signed in this fourth quarter,compared with 18% of those signed in this year's third quarter.Nearly 25% of the cancelled contracts in fourth quarter occurred intwo markets: Orlando and Northern California.
In light of these slides, the company has reduced its landposition by approximately 6,500 lots. It ended the quarter withapproximately 74,000 lots, down 19% from the approximately 91,200lots it owned in mid-year.
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