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Debt Instrument Maturity Year

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Discount rate

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Insurance Premium Notes

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Interest only payment percentage.

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Number Of Notes Payable

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Uncommitted Option To Increase Credit Facility

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Publisher FASB

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-Topic 835

-SubTopic 30

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Latest date the outstanding debt instruments are required to be repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Earliest date the outstanding debt instruments are required to be repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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-Section S99

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of notes payable (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer), excluding current portion.

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The cash inflow from additional borrowings, net of cash paid to third parties in connection with debt origination.

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Notes Payable and Revolving Line of Credit (Narrative) (Details)		1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2015 USD ($)	May. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) loan	Jul. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 21, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, outstanding amount					$ 100,000,000		$ 20,000,000
Land development notes, outstanding					3,528,000		5,737,000
Insurance premium notes, outstanding					$ 1,021,000		$ 5,135,000
Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Discount rate					5.10%
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Discount rate					6.30%
First Modification Agreement [Member] \| Texas Capital Bank [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity date	Oct. 21, 2017
Extended maturity date	Oct. 21, 2018
Line of credit facility. maximum borrowing capacity	$ 200,000,000					$ 120,000,000
First Modification Agreement [Member] \| Bank of America [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Uncommitted option to increase credit facility	$ 100,000,000
Initial Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount				$ 200,000,000
Net proceeds from issuance of senior debt				$ 193,300,000
Interest rate				6.875%
Discount rate				99.239%
Maturity year				2022
Exchange Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount			$ 200,000,000
Interest rate			6.875%
Maturity year			2022
Additional Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount		$ 60,000,000
Net proceeds from issuance of senior debt		$ 58,500,000
Interest rate		6.875%
Discount rate		98.26%
Maturity year		2022
Land Development Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of notes payable \| loan					4
Land Development Notes [Member] \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity start date					Oct. 01, 2015
Interest only payment percentage					0.50%
Land Development Notes [Member] \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity end date					Apr. 01, 2016
Interest only payment percentage					5.00%
Insurance Premium Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of notes payable \| loan					4
Insurance Premium Note [Member] \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity start date					Nov. 01, 2015
Insurance Premium Note [Member] \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate					3.89%
Maturity end date					Mar. 01, 2016
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility. maximum borrowing capacity								$ 120,000,000
Line of credit facility, outstanding amount					$ 100,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate					2.75%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate					3.25%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, interest rate					2.95%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate					1.75%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate					2.25%
Line Of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility. maximum borrowing capacity								$ 20,000,000