Note 7 - Cash and Equivalents and Restricted Cash	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents [Abstract]
Restricted Cash And Cash Equivalents [Text Block]	7. Cash and Equivalents and Restricted Cash Cash and equivalents include cash on hand, demand deposits and all highly liquid short-term investments, including interest-bearing securities purchased with a maturity of three months or less from the date of purchase. At September 30, 2015, cash and equivalents included $31.6 million of cash from home closings held in escrow for our benefit, typically for less than five days, which are considered deposits in-transit. At September 30, 2015, restricted cash consisted of $38.5 million of cash held in cash collateral accounts primarily related to certain letters of credit that have been issued and a portion related to our financial services subsidiary mortgage credit facilities ($37.4 million of homebuilding restricted cash and $1.1 million of financial services restricted cash).

The entire disclosure for restricted cash and cash equivalent footnotes, which may include the types of deposits and money market instruments, applicable carrying amounts, restricted amounts and compensating balance arrangements. Cash and equivalents include: (1) currency on hand (2) demand deposits with banks or financial institutions (3) other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits (4) short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments maturing within three months from the date of acquisition qualify.

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