Note 4 - Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories Owned [Table Text Block]

	December 31, 2013
	California		Southwest		Southeast		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	819,278	$	415,910	$	536,473	$	1,771,661
Homes completed and under construction		280,875		159,927		187,569		628,371
Model homes		82,367		27,466		26,237		136,070
Total inventories owned	$	1,182,520	$	603,303	$	750,279	$	2,536,102

	December 31, 2012
	California		Southwest		Southeast		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	778,419	$	352,705	$	313,037	$	1,444,161
Homes completed and under construction		240,236		93,265		93,695		427,196
Model homes		67,504		15,231		17,326		100,061
Total inventories owned	$	1,086,159	$	461,201	$	424,058	$	1,971,418

Inventory Real Estate Not Owned [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2013		2012
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land purchase and lot option deposits	$	44,005	$	23,803
Other lot option contracts, net of deposits		54,336		47,492
Total inventories not owned	$	98,341	$	71,295