Note 7 - Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories Owned [Table Text Block]

	June 30, 2014
	California		Southwest		Southeast		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	804,233	$	474,258	$	605,346	$	1,883,837
Homes completed and under construction		393,170		236,497		246,532		876,199
Model homes		77,304		31,758		33,742		142,804
Total inventories owned	$	1,274,707	$	742,513	$	885,620	$	2,902,840

	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

Inventory Real Estate Not Owned [Table Text Block]

	June 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land purchase and lot option deposits	$	49,425	$	44,005
Other lot option contracts, net of deposits		40,481		54,336
Total inventories not owned	$	89,906	$	98,341