Note 7 - Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories Owned [Table Text Block]

	September 30, 2014
	California		Southwest		Southeast		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	886,782	$	491,696	$	669,689	$	2,048,167
Homes completed and under construction		411,200		255,697		273,551		940,448
Model homes		75,663		41,493		39,598		156,754
Total inventories owned	$	1,373,645	$	788,886	$	982,838	$	3,145,369

	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]

	September 30,		December 31,
	2014		2013
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land purchase and lot option deposits	$	46,610	$	44,005
Other lot option contracts, net of deposits		40,181		54,336
Total inventories not owned	$	86,791	$	98,341