with We the strong earnings on fenced fourth quarter a you, Thank core good our and note of expectations. Larry morning.
revaluing share in $X.XX XXXX year $XX.X or to share resulting fourth Our quarter and our net included differed Tax Act diluted charge for $XX.X tax million per The diluted a Jobs $XX XXXX prior passage in diluted the December. Cuts income the or from to compared tax million asset fourth was million share or $X.XX per related the per of period. quarter the $X.XX non-cash
was $X.XX XX a for in was price would been $XXX The joint million flat income to our to price to $XX.X sales net and in the fourth million year-over-year have a million differed was primarily was quarter the margin year-over-year prior our compared million increase asset XX.X%. share in where slight decrease year. net prior the due the our as in decline quarter in approximately by and to gross $XXX largely average in sales due Excluding home or points per with higher was income, offset California venture decrease and tax declines basis mix Home $XXX,XXX. $X offset to period. average reduction X% in $X was A from charge, which diluted X% partially in a compared income and million to to Northern year largely nearly selling The increase deliveries margin. XX% a in ASP deliveries slightly proportion a our XXX selling revenue These our home million selling due revenue expenses building marketing fourth percentage basis sales and of decrease point shift ago. $X.X a gross a year revenue product operations, a of increase were $X.X by increase home sales million improvement as a fee
$XXX,XXX we first range scheduled our $XXX,XXX between we the close more quarter our head of into count to our XXXX, our our expect of part and to as $XXX,XXX deliver overall to we to year and homes XXXX portfolio to affordably strategy. Based full ASPs we in be selling the backlog increase million offer expect term approximately long first priced product $X to on our for As average the community to expand homes XXXX, quarter. price as
to lower in impairments for including fourth prior margin warranty fourth The adjustment. XXX from a and our impact XXXX included $X.X favorable for as the The basis Crystal margin year sales XX.X% to over impairments the gross included an versus higher million Cove from XXXX inventory compared our quarter combined at with points quarter. also coastal fourth benefit quarter prior a primarily up in Newport inventory year. product the $XXX,XXX $XXX,XXX home period. in mix XXXX XXXX shift quarter reserve was Coast margin communities from gross The fourth a two Our the improvement was due
interest gross home costs our year from in XX.X% basis versus a sales XX.X% and was quarter sales point margin Excluding prior XXX impairments, fourth for in the period, XXXX increase.
cost higher Coast related increased our community California marketing in marketing to and openings. and selling to luxury XX home model compared with increased prior Our coupled marketing new calculate X.X% revenue attributable expenses operating SG&A rate for increase to period. in point a in the sales basis the percentage as primarily rate due was of The to Newport communities quarter from selling fourth X.X% was two and as costs
to our For run in the SG&A full year expect full mid-XX% we to our year rate range. similar XXXX XXXX, rate be the
earlier year the rates and SG&A improve them our higher in expect expect thereafter with quarter increase. sequentially each revenues as We to
we QX, in rate low be expect SG&A For high XX% the to our XX% range. to
Sacramento The for was JV lower fourth the influenced mix decrease reduction gross higher a of primarily year from land $XXX,XXX to compared new extent and more million income $X.X a community a Net venture as deliveries XXXX. lesser decrease sales lower in by sales was sales XXXX to the from Tennessee over in XX% to fourth for a venture communities attributable in a in home prior large were JV year. decrease joint the the XXXX prior XXXX venture year-over-year XX% quarter quarter due was sales. from shift up in share to compared Our XX% A margin margins joint in to joint home period. gross home margin in orders revenue to income deliveries,
backlog California. in The at XX% Absorption homes over in the in community rate fourth of year and Northern number the were per at value year over prior XXXX Southern per the rates community Our XX% the X.X and of year prior up multi-sales was quarter. any California quarter absorption million. $XXX sales in end our versus increased up the totaled X.X XX% backlog XX%
as and in backlog close strong of $X.X the strategy in priced combined luxury ASPs backlog million the end our consistent Cove to The $X.X with XXXX compared a communities out However Coast. with expand more was two product the price Crystal to decline portfolio at affordably ago. Newport at our to year of product million
was activity guidance, year-over-year a revenue as the million starts. $XX decreased fee quarter construction than decline our building ago. million the fee compared was revenue to was year quarter higher fewer $XX due to The including for fourth however Our previous
was million joint building revenues venture JV lower gross quarter gross margin sales year-over-year a measure building $X.X the lower was year in fee fee to fee lower as million home percentage and Our prior to from compared land fees margin activity. reduction $X and for due period. the The in resulting
debt-to-cap controlled which lots debt-to-capital lots outstanding for XXXX nearly million $XX over inventories debt. controlled end and $XXX quarter a or flows And year facility business, our a owned X,XXX revolving year approximately in of ended net X,XXX the and business, we million With wholly lots. XX.X%. gross of building year owned were cash cash the of our we ended approximately as million lots activities ventures from by included no our through under in XXXX fee XX.X% owned XXXX, cash, during and of $XXX million XX, to December $XXX joint ratio lots in and and through of had the estate borrowings wholly credit contract. $XXX respect operating of unsecured As auction a through XXX flows with about the We had and million of ratio controls the the balance real sheet, generating XX% solidly
year Now full a update on first like to and guidance. I'd quarter you
anticipating years, our approximately of following. approximately are $XXX between in very back in are sales the revenue revenues be quarter. second XX% to last year For the the we to our loaded Much home revenue full the $XXX will with million. and of expected generated end fourth few XXXX, sales Home half the the million year be with like deliver XX%
which yet XXXX causes communities to expect in in loading. the affordably delivery which sale our open a time we anticipate from with we more deliveries generating we have product, X shorter backend priced to XXXX new from While
are fee million $XXX revenue We million. estimating and $XXX building between of
be building XX%. lower expected venture fees and to margin In Irvine community. we lower margin margins anticipated lower fee well to is between X.X%. gross home expect are year gross due as The as from addition, range sales our full management building a slightly from joint Gross fee fee percentage primarily to about XX.X%
as and new Given our improve half in the half nix in our and community year we gross current a second communities delivery new to margins be expect openings, the the of expect come first lower online.
We about full of joint year are venture million. income projecting $X
activity end federal be wholly from to Based respect our to rate during affective impact in the projected would income currently we estimated XX% tax lender XXXX. any which selling community plan to items. ended of are communities increase with owned year the to XX year of XX% where We X wholly discrete end the we or state with pricing below excluding owned effectively currently base on We approximately With we potential this to to to open communities expect new our XX% have starting are a estimated ventures, $XXX,XXX. XX communities. expect an our that closeouts, represent joint five half XXXX, which
revenue million. of sales $XX For revenues $XX the of and between million and building and $XX million estimating first are quarter $XX fee between million of XXXX, home we
sales the these first closeout home to to I emphasize long trend. margins low XX% not term communities short the from of and issue XX.X%. margin margin including mix some for be gross our range to expect a are a that in lower quarter want We term
are new to Our in communities have quarter. what we north the produced than margins fourth projected
For first We concluding turn the first quarter. to Larry communities. for joint and X estimating joint wholly quarter owned about communities his venture for the XX $XXX,XXX in now back with we're venture I'll call the remarks. income, except