Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Homebuilding:
Home sale revenues	$ 603,788	$ 511,059	$ 1,642,412	$ 1,300,493
Land sale revenues	1,061	697	15,122	7,665
Total revenues	604,849	511,756	1,657,534	1,308,158
Cost of home sales	(444,898)	(381,694)	(1,207,339)	(993,809)
Cost of land sales	(891)	(672)	(14,245)	(7,671)
Total cost of sales	(445,789)	(382,366)	(1,221,584)	(1,001,480)
Gross margin	159,060	129,390	435,950	306,678
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(70,164)	(61,939)	(196,589)	(162,831)
Income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures	557	(32)	(342)	1,249
Other income (expense)	(69)	301	(445)	2,624
Homebuilding pretax income	89,384	67,720	238,574	147,720
Financial Services:
Revenues	6,179	5,839	17,275	18,927
Expenses	(3,673)	(3,590)	(10,873)	(10,394)
Other income	231	167	606	420
Financial services pretax income	2,737	2,416	7,008	8,953
Income before taxes	92,121	70,136	245,582	156,673
Provision for income taxes	(35,522)	(11,201)	(94,361)	(32,778)
Net income	56,599	58,935	151,221	123,895
Less: Net income allocated to preferred shareholder	(13,511)	(14,166)	(36,165)	(40,353)
Less: Net income allocated to unvested restricted stock	(77)	(90)	(211)	(169)
Net income available to common stockholders	$ 43,011	$ 44,679	$ 114,845	$ 83,373
Income Per Common Share:
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.15	$ 0.16	$ 0.41	$ 0.34
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.14	$ 0.15	$ 0.37	$ 0.31
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding:
Basic (in Shares)	279,547,711	276,966,995	278,863,014	244,998,581
Diluted (in Shares)	317,116,924	314,897,098	316,691,803	283,189,878
Weighted average additional common shares outstanding if preferred shares converted to common shares (in Shares)	87,812,786	87,812,786	87,812,786	118,582,017
Total weighted average diluted common shares outstanding if preferred shares converted to common shares (in Shares)	404,929,710	402,709,884	404,504,589	401,771,895