Note 8 - Mortgage Credit Facilities	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Disclosure Of Warehouse Agreement Borrowings [Text Block]	8. Mortgage Credit Facilities At December 31, 2012, we had $92.2 million outstanding under our mortgage financing subsidiary’s mortgage credit facilities. These mortgage credit facilities consist of a $75 million repurchase facility with one lender, maturing in July 2013, and a $25 million repurchase facility with another lender, maturing in September 2013. These facilities require Standard Pacific Mortgage to maintain cash collateral accounts, which totaled $2.4 million as of December 31, 2012, and also contain financial covenants which require Standard Pacific Mortgage to, among other things, maintain a minimum level of tangible net worth, not to exceed a debt to tangible net worth ratio, maintain a minimum liquidity amount based on a measure of total assets (inclusive of the cash collateral requirement), and satisfy pretax income (loss) requirements. As of December 31, 2012, Standard Pacific Mortgage was in compliance with the financial and other covenants contained in these facilities.

At December 31, 2012, we had $92.2 million outstanding under our mortgage financing subsidiary’s mortgage credit facilities. These mortgage credit facilities consist of a $75 million repurchase facility with one lender, maturing in July 2013, and a $25 million repurchase facility with another lender, maturing in September 2013. These facilities require Standard Pacific Mortgage to maintain cash collateral accounts, which totaled $2.4 million as of December 31, 2012, and also contain financial covenants which require Standard Pacific Mortgage to, among other things, maintain a minimum level of tangible net worth, not to exceed a debt to tangible net worth ratio, maintain a minimum liquidity amount based on a measure of total assets (inclusive of the cash collateral requirement), and satisfy pretax income (loss) requirements. As of December 31, 2012, Standard Pacific Mortgage was in compliance with the financial and other covenants contained in these facilities.