Note 7 - Inventories (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Notes Tables

Schedule of Inventory [Table Text Block]

	March 31,		December 31,
	2018		2017
	(Dollars in thousands)
Housing completed or under construction:
West	$	531,072	$	489,136
Mountain		357,926		328,897
East		120,199		118,652
Subtotal		1,009,197		936,685
Land and land under development:
West		586,824		517,697
Mountain		322,262		309,072
East		55,574		66,282
Subtotal		964,660		893,051
Total inventories	$	1,973,857	$	1,829,736

Schedule of Inventory Impairments [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2018		2017
	(Dollars in thousands)
West	$	375	$	4,100
Mountain		175		-
East		-		750
Total inventory impairments	$	550	$	4,850

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, 2018		24	$	550	$	5,223		2	12%
March 31, 2017		33	$	4,850	$	19,952		2	12%	to	18%