Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Homebuilding:
Home sale revenues	$ 591,706	$ 434,308	$ 1,038,624	$ 789,434
Land sale revenues	780	4,373	14,061	6,968
Total revenues	592,486	438,681	1,052,685	796,402
Cost of home sales	(434,196)	(331,503)	(762,441)	(612,115)
Cost of land sales	(350)	(4,416)	(13,354)	(6,999)
Total cost of sales	(434,546)	(335,919)	(775,795)	(619,114)
Gross margin	157,940	102,762	276,890	177,288
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(67,835)	(54,598)	(126,425)	(100,892)
Income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures	(462)	147	(899)	1,281
Other income (expense	(363)	(1,247)	(376)	2,323
Homebuilding pretax income	89,280	47,064	149,190	80,000
Financial Services:
Revenues	6,112	7,411	11,096	13,088
Expenses	(3,760)	(3,482)	(7,200)	(6,804)
Other income	214	151	375	253
Financial services pretax income	2,566	4,080	4,271	6,537
Income before taxes	91,846	51,144	153,461	86,537
Provision for income taxes	(35,383)	(8,008)	(58,839)	(21,577)
Net income	56,463	43,136	94,622	64,960
Less: Net income allocated to preferred shareholder	(13,496)	(14,293)	(22,650)	(23,991)
Less: Net income allocated to unvested restricted stock	(77)	(66)	(134)	(82)
Net income available to common stockholders	$ 42,890	$ 28,777	$ 71,838	$ 40,887
Income Per Common Share:
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.15	$ 0.12	$ 0.26	$ 0.18
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.14	$ 0.11	$ 0.23	$ 0.16
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding:
Basic (in Shares)	279,075,416	243,171,726	278,514,992	228,749,443
Diluted (in Shares)	316,727,592	281,708,696	316,451,929	267,274,060
Weighted average additional common shares outstanding if preferred shares converted to common shares (in Shares)	87,812,786	120,779,819	87,812,786	134,221,626
Total weighted average diluted common shares outstanding if preferred shares converted to common shares (in Shares)	404,540,378	402,488,515	404,264,715	401,495,686