Note 7 - Inventories (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Notes Tables

Schedule of Inventory [Table Text Block]

	March 31,		December 31,
	2016		2015
	(Dollars in thousands)
Housing Completed or Under Construction:
West	$	440,914	$	365,867
Mountain		277,542		253,578
East		144,059		127,591
Subtotal		862,515		747,036
Land and Land Under Development:
West		549,559		580,682
Mountain		236,702		259,484
East		162,506		176,760
Subtotal		948,767		1,016,926
Total Inventories	$	1,811,282	$	1,763,962

Schedule of Inventory Impairments [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2016		2015
	(Dollars in thousands)
West	$	-	$	-
Mountain		-		-
East		-		350
Total Inventory Impairments	$	-	$	350

Quantitative Data for Fair Value of the Impaired Inventory [Table Text Block]

	Impairment Data								Quantitative Data
Three Months Ended	Total Subdivisions Tested		Inventory Impairments		Fair Value of Inventory After Impairments		Number of Subdivisions Impaired		Discount Rate
	(Dollars in thousands)
March 31, 2016		14	$	-	$	-		-		N/A
March 31, 2015		22	$	350	$	3,701		1		8.7%