Note 4 - Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories Owned [Table Text Block]

	December 31, 2014
	California		Southwest		Southeast		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	1,021,585	$	504,538	$	722,166	$	2,248,289
Homes completed and under construction		318,982		250,498		258,132		827,612
Model homes		81,763		44,437		53,103		179,303
Total inventories owned	$	1,422,330	$	799,473	$	1,033,401	$	3,255,204

	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]

	December 31,
	2014		2013
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land purchase and lot option deposits	$	47,472	$	44,005
Other lot option contracts, net of deposits		37,681		54,336
Total inventories not owned	$	85,153	$	98,341