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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details 6) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment      
Property, plant and equipment $ 30,566,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet $ 25,437,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet  
Model home furnishings 28,800,000ryl_ModelHomeFurnishingAssets 24,100,000ryl_ModelHomeFurnishingAssets  
Accumulated depreciation 44,300,000us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment 37,800,000us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment  
Advertising Costs      
Advertising costs 6,000,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense 5,400,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense 4,600,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Other Income      
Other income $ 2,402,000us-gaap_OtherIncome $ 1,700,000us-gaap_OtherIncome $ 1,315,000us-gaap_OtherIncome