Note 7 - Inventories (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories Owned [Table Text Block]

	June 30, 2015
	California		Southwest		Southeast		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	980,718	$	491,820	$	797,460	$	2,269,998
Homes completed and under construction		493,539		306,345		329,834		1,129,718
Model homes		107,770		50,574		66,438		224,782
Total inventories owned	$	1,582,027	$	848,739	$	1,193,732	$	3,624,498

	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

Inventory Real Estate Not Owned [Table Text Block]

	June 30,		December 31,
	2015		2014
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land purchase and lot option deposits	$	41,238	$	47,472
Other lot option contracts, net of deposits		4,533		37,681
Total inventories not owned	$	45,771	$	85,153