Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011
Homebuilding:
Home sale revenues	$ 274,872	$ 204,236	$ 495,189	$ 347,935
Land sale revenues		109	3,385	109
Total revenues	274,872	204,345	498,574	348,044
Cost of home sales	(218,586)	(169,433)	(394,181)	(283,745)
Cost of land sales		(114)	(3,366)	(114)
Total cost of sales	(218,586)	(169,547)	(397,547)	(283,859)
Gross margin	56,286	34,798	101,027	64,185
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(41,952)	(38,443)	(79,644)	(70,704)
Loss from unconsolidated joint ventures	(1,146)	(379)	(2,668)	(636)
Interest expense	(1,617)	(7,444)	(4,147)	(17,959)
Other income (expense)	307	977	4,591	1,269
Homebuilding pretax income (loss)	11,878	(10,491)	19,159	(23,845)
Financial Services:
Revenues	5,405	2,535	9,031	3,595
Expenses	(2,915)	(2,429)	(5,175)	(4,847)
Other income	84	41	147	56
Financial services pretax income (loss)	2,574	147	4,003	(1,196)
Income (loss) before income taxes	14,452	(10,344)	23,162	(25,041)
Provision for income taxes	(189)	(175)	(376)	(275)
Net income (loss)	14,263	(10,519)	22,786	(25,316)
Less: Net (income) loss allocated to preferred shareholder	(6,130)	4,554	(9,807)	10,968
Less: Net (income) loss allocated to unvested restricted stock	(15)		(12)
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders	$ 8,118	$ (5,965)	$ 12,967	$ (14,348)
Income (Loss) Per Common Share:
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ (0.03)	$ 0.07	$ (0.07)
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ (0.03)	$ 0.06	$ (0.07)
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding:
Basic (in Shares)	195,746,733	193,577,324	195,427,992	193,369,182
Diluted (in Shares)	201,340,622	193,577,324	200,564,039	193,369,182
Weighted average additional common shares outstanding if preferred shares converted to common shares (in Shares)	147,812,786	147,812,786	147,812,786	147,812,786
Total weighted average diluted common shares outstanding if preferred shares converted to common shares (in Shares)	349,153,408	341,390,110	348,376,825	341,181,968