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The reserve account established to account for expected but unspecified losses related to contract land deposits.

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes 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. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards.

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Carrying amount of finite-lived intangible assets, indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill. Goodwill is an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. Intangible assets are assets, not including financial assets, lacking physical substance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The carrying amount of the consolidated Variable Interest Entity's assets included in the reporting entity's statement of financial position.

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Segment Disclosures - Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	$ 2,742,299	$ 2,643,943
Cash and cash equivalents	493,761	396,619	$ 318,982	$ 425,316
Contract land deposit reserve	(32,034)	(31,306)
Homebuilding [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	2,487,246	2,233,346
Consolidated variable interest entity	1,248	1,251
Cash and cash equivalents	482,689	375,748
Intangible assets and goodwill	2,254	2,599
Mortgage Banking [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	255,053	410,597
Cash and cash equivalents	9,862	19,657
Operating Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	1,995,878	2,021,710
Operating Segments [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member] \| Mid Atlantic [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	1,125,721	1,054,779
Operating Segments [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member] \| North East [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	137,409	126,720
Operating Segments [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member] \| Mid East [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	254,915	222,736
Operating Segments [Member] \| Homebuilding [Member] \| South East [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	230,127	214,225
Operating Segments [Member] \| Mortgage Banking [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	247,706	403,250
Corporate and Reconciling Items [Member]
Segment Reporting Asset Reconciling Item [Line Items]
Assets	746,421	622,233
Consolidated variable interest entity	1,248	1,251
Cash and cash equivalents	482,689	375,748
Deferred taxes	173,611	170,652
Intangible assets and goodwill	51,181	51,526
Contract land deposit reserve	(32,034)	(31,306)
Consolidation adjustments and other	$ 69,726	$ 54,362