Inventory (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Completed home inventory and residential lots held for sale	$ 109,004	$ 85,342
Work in process	292,045	236,383
Undeveloped land	3,481	6,193
Land not owned under option agreements	10,712	16,214
Inventory	$ 415,242	$ 344,132

Inventory, Finished Homes and Land Held for Sale

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of capitalized construction costs of homes for future sale and costs of land expected to be developed in the near term.

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The net carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the sum of the various components of an operative builder's inventory, including finished homes. Operative builders primarily consist of entities that develop land, construct residential homes and commercial and industrial buildings thereon, and sell them to home buyers and operators of the commercial and industrial properties.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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The carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of all of a real estate developer's inventories that are either not otherwise specified in the taxonomy or are not separately reported by the entity.

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The carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of land not owned but under a contract in which the entity has an option to purchase the land.

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