10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012

or

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                    to                     

Commission File Number: 001-33662

FORESTAR GROUP INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	26-1336998
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6300 Bee Cave Road, Building Two, Suite 500, Austin, Texas 78746

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(512) 433-5200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    x  Yes    ¨  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    x  Yes    ¨  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	¨	Accelerated filer	x
Non-accelerated filer	¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     ¨  Yes    x  No

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Title of Each Class	Number of Shares Outstanding as of November 5, 2012
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share	34,692,106

FORESTAR GROUP INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION	3
Item 1. Financial Statements	3
Consolidated Balance Sheets	3
Consolidated Statements of Income	4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	5
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	6
Item  2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	21
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	40
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	41
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION	41
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	41
Item 1A. Risk Factors	42
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	43
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities	43
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	43
Item 5. Other Information	43
Item 6. Exhibits	44
SIGNATURES	45

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

FORESTAR GROUP INC.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

	Third Quarter-End 2012				Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents		$	10,279			$	18,283
Real estate			508,603				565,367
Investment in unconsolidated ventures			43,041				64,223
Timber			13,303				14,240
Receivables, net			33,205				23,281
Prepaid expenses			3,009				2,931
Property and equipment, net			4,777				5,178
Oil and natural gas properties and equipment, net			147,268				4,561
Deferred tax asset, net			49,637				72,942
Goodwill and other intangible assets			61,406				5,451
Other assets			15,411				18,400
TOTAL ASSETS		$	889,939			$	794,857
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Accounts payable		$	29,863			$	5,044
Accrued employee compensation and benefits			2,955				1,421
Accrued property taxes			6,215				4,986
Accrued interest			845				1,086
Income taxes payable			1,323				8,501
Other accrued expenses			15,835				7,716
Other liabilities			34,991				33,304
Debt			276,651				221,587
TOTAL LIABILITIES			368,678				283,645
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Forestar Group Inc. shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share, 200,000,000 authorized shares, 36,946,603 issued at third quarter-end 2012 and 36,835,732 issued at year-end 2011			36,947				36,836
Additional paid-in capital			405,692				398,517
Retained earnings			111,065				108,155
Treasury stock, at cost, 2,257,427 shares at third quarter-end 2012 and 2,212,876 shares at year-end 2011			(34,728	)			(33,982	)
Total Forestar Group Inc. shareholders’ equity			518,976				509,526
Noncontrolling interests			2,285				1,686
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY			521,261				511,212
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY		$	889,939			$	794,857

Please read the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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FORESTAR GROUP INC.

Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
REVENUES
Real estate sales and other	$	18,310		$	12,407		$	48,303		$	39,414
Commercial and income producing properties		8,805			6,653			23,381			20,400
Real estate		27,115			19,060			71,684			59,814
Mineral resources		10,479			5,871			27,053			17,784
Fiber resources and other		3,016			1,310			5,277			3,968
		40,610			26,241			104,014			81,566
COSTS AND EXPENSES
Cost of real estate sales and other		(10,806	)		(7,760	)		(27,158	)		(19,409	)
Cost of commercial and income producing properties		(6,733	)		(4,607	)		(15,928	)		(13,485	)
Cost of mineral resources		(1,865	)		(597	)		(4,218	)		(1,829	)
Cost of fiber resources and other		(570	)		(349	)		(1,068	)		(881	)
Other operating		(14,691	)		(11,771	)		(39,116	)		(34,109	)
General and administrative		(11,298	)		(2,770	)		(25,010	)		(15,590	)
		(45,963	)		(27,854	)		(112,498	)		(85,303	)
GAIN ON SALE OF ASSETS		10,196			61,784			25,506			61,965
OPERATING INCOME		4,843			60,171			17,022			58,228
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated ventures		680			648			2,172			1,632
Interest expense		(8,094	)		(4,271	)		(15,649	)		(12,933	)
Other non-operating income		1,113			26			2,317			77
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES		(1,458	)		56,574			5,862			47,004
Income tax (expense) benefit		1,078			(19,609	)		(1,274	)		(16,069	)
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME (LOSS)		(380	)		36,965			4,588			30,935
Less: Net (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests		(323	)		(537	)		(1,678	)		(901	)
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO FORESTAR GROUP INC.	$	(703	)	$	36,428		$	2,910		$	30,034
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic		35,233			35,514			35,204			35,482
Diluted		35,233			35,796			35,437			35,877
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE
Basic	$	(0.02	)	$	1.03		$	0.08		$	0.85
Diluted	$	(0.02	)	$	1.02		$	0.08		$	0.84
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)	$	(703	)	$	36,428		$	2,910		$	30,034

Please read the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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FORESTAR GROUP INC.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

	First Nine Months
	2012			2011
	(In thousands)
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Consolidated net income	$	4,588		$	30,935
Adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization		12,084			7,335
Deferred income taxes		(2,971	)		(11,013	)
Tax benefits not recognized for book purposes		114			144
Equity in (earnings) of unconsolidated ventures		(2,172	)		(1,632	)
Distributions of earnings of unconsolidated ventures		516			5,307
Distributions of earnings to noncontrolling interests		(1,434	)		(2,899	)
Proceeds from consolidated ventures’ sale of assets, net		24,294			—
Non-cash share-based compensation		11,491			399
Non-cash real estate cost of sales		25,998			17,149
Non-cash cost of assets sold		—			24,931
Real estate development and acquisition expenditures, net		(67,127	)		(49,530	)
Acquisition of loan secured by real estate		—			(21,137	)
Reimbursements from utility and improvement districts		2,922			2,270
Other changes in real estate		835			(237	)
Cost of timber cut		868			856
Deferred income		927			345
Asset impairments		—			450
Gain on sale of assets		(25,506	)		(181	)
Other		(35	)		115
Changes in:
Notes and accounts receivable		(645	)		(464	)
Prepaid expenses and other		1,300			581
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities		452			9,962
Income taxes		(7,283	)		19,130
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities		(20,784	)		32,816
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Property, equipment, software and reforestation		(1,577	)		(1,466	)
Oil and natural gas properties and equipment		(2,794	)		(3,414	)
Investment in unconsolidated ventures		(1,684	)		(1,350	)
Return of investment in unconsolidated ventures		985			688
Proceeds from termination of timber lease		—			290
Proceeds from sale of multifamily property		29,474			—
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		—			103
Business acquisition, net of cash acquired		(152,073	)		—
Proceeds from sale of venture interest		32,095			—
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities		(95,574	)		(5,149	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Payments of debt		(46,374	)		(104,750	)
Additions to debt		158,929			106,858
Deferred financing fees		(5,209	)		(3,746	)
Return of investment to noncontrolling interest		(69	)		(2	)
Exercise of stock options		1,269			1,171
Repurchases of common stock		—			(2,126	)
Payroll taxes on restricted stock and stock options		(1,171	)		(1,290	)
Tax benefit from share-based compensation		373			(110	)
Other		606			83
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities		108,354			(3,912	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(8,004	)		23,755
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		18,283			5,366
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	10,279		$	29,121

Please read the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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FORESTAR GROUP INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 1 — Basis of Presentation

Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Forestar Group Inc., all subsidiaries, ventures and other entities in which we have a controlling interest and variable interest entities of which we are the primary beneficiary. We eliminate all material intercompany accounts and transactions. Noncontrolling interests in consolidated pass-through entities are recognized before income taxes. We account for our investment in other entities in which we have significant influence over operations and financial policies using the equity method (we recognize our share of the entities' income or loss and any preferential returns and treat distributions as a reduction of our investment). We account for our investment in other entities in which we do not have significant influence over operations and financial policies using the cost method (we recognize as income distributions of accumulated earnings).

We prepare our unaudited interim financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and Securities and Exchange Commission requirements for interim financial statements. As a result, they do not include all the information and disclosures required for complete financial statements. However, in our opinion, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Such adjustments consist only of normal recurring items unless otherwise noted. We make estimates and assumptions about future events. Actual results can, and probably will, differ from those we currently estimate including those related to allocating cost of sales to real estate, minerals and fiber and measuring assets for impairment. These interim operating results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year. For further information, please read the financial statements included in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Note 2 — New and Pending Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2012

In first quarter 2012, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-04 - Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs and ASU
2011-05 - Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income. Adoption of these pronouncements did not affect our earnings or financial position.

Pending Accounting Standards

ASU 2011-10 – Property, Plant, and Equipment: Derecognition of in Substance Real Estate will be effective first quarter 2013. Under ASU 2011-10, when a parent ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary that is in substance real estate as a result of default on the subsidiary’s nonrecourse debt, the reporting entity would continue to include the real estate, debt and results of the subsidiary’s operations in its consolidated financial statements until legal title to the real estate is transferred to legally satisfy the debt. The amendment should be applied prospectively to deconsolidation events occurring after the effective date. Adoption is not anticipated to have a significant effect on our earnings or financial position but may result in certain additional disclosures.

ASU 2012-02– Intangibles-Goodwill and Other will be effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. The amendment provides entities with the option to make a qualitative assessment about the likelihood that an indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired to determine whether it should perform a quantitative impairment test, which is equivalent to the impairment testing requirements for other long-lived assets. Adoption is not anticipated to have a significant effect on our earnings or financial position.

Note 3 — Business Acquisitions

On September 28, 2012, pursuant to the terms of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger dated June 3, 2012, we acquired 100 percent of the outstanding common stock of CREDO Petroleum Corporation (Credo) in an all cash transaction for $14.50 per share, representing an equity purchase price of approximately $146,445,000. In addition, we paid in full $8,770,000 of Credo’s outstanding debt. In first nine months 2012, we have incurred approximately $5,709,000 in costs to outside advisors related to this transaction, which are included in general and administrative expenses. Third quarter 2012 mineral resource segment earnings associated with this acquisition were not significant.

The following summarizes the preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of September 28, 2012. Due to closing the transaction on the last business day of the quarterly reporting period, the preliminary allocation is subject to change as we obtain additional information during the acquisition measurement period, in particular, the estimated value assigned to oil and natural gas properties and equipment, goodwill and deferred tax liability.

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	Preliminary Purchase  Price Allocation
	(In thousands)
Cash and short-term investments		$	2,300
Receivables			9,213
Oil and natural gas properties and equipment			139,907
Other properties and equipment			1,375
Goodwill and other intangible assets			55,954
Other			676
Total assets acquired			209,425
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			26,626
Deferred tax liability			26,276
Other liabilities			1,308
Total liabilities assumed			54,210
Estimated fair value of net assets acquired		$	155,215

The following unaudited pro forma information for the third quarter and first nine months ended 2012 and 2011 represents the results of our consolidated operations as if the acquisition of Credo had occurred on January 1, 2011. This information is based on historical results of operations, adjusted for certain estimated accounting adjustments and does not purport to represent our actual results of operations if the transaction would have occurred on January 1, 2011, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results.

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Revenues	$	46,972	$	30,729	$	122,057	$	93,372
Net income (loss)		5,508		36,495		11,571		20,132

In first quarter 2012, we acquired from CL Realty, L.L.C. and Temco Associates, LLC, the ventures’ interest in 17 residential and mixed-use real estate projects for $47,000,000. Subsequent to closing of these acquisitions, we received $23,370,000 from the ventures, representing our pro-rata share of distributable cash. The purchase price was allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities based on their estimated fair value: $31,891,000 to real estate; $14,236,000 to investment in unconsolidated ventures; $1,385,000 to other assets; and $512,000 to liabilities directly related to the real estate acquired. Transaction costs of about $463,000 are included in other operating expense in first nine months 2012.

The acquired assets and operating results are included within our real estate segment and represented approximately 1,130 fully developed lots, 4,900 planned lots and over 460 commercial acres on the date of acquisition, principally in the major markets of Texas. Pro forma consolidated operating income (loss) assuming these acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of 2011 would not be significantly different than reported.

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Note 4 — Real Estate

Real estate consists of:

	Third Quarter-End 2012				Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Entitled, developed and under development projects		$	357,673			$	383,026
Undeveloped land			84,006				80,076
Commercial and income producing properties
Carrying value			94,239				129,220
Accumulated depreciation			(27,315	)			(26,955	)
Net carrying value			66,924				102,265
		$	508,603			$	565,367

Included in entitled, developed and under development projects are the estimated costs of assets we expect to convey to utility and improvement districts of $53,834,000 at third quarter-end 2012 and $61,526,000 at year-end 2011, including $34,252,000 at third quarter-end 2012 and $34,802,000 at year-end 2011 related to our Cibolo Canyons project near San Antonio, Texas. These costs relate to water, sewer and other infrastructure assets we have submitted to utility or improvement districts for approval and reimbursement. In second quarter 2012, these costs decreased by $11,065,000 as result of a consolidated venture’s sale of approximately 800 acres near Dallas. We submitted for reimbursement to these districts $4,345,000 in first nine months 2012 and $2,336,000 in first nine months 2011. We received $972,000 from these districts in first nine months 2012 and $187,000 in first nine months 2011. We expect to collect the remaining amounts billed as these districts achieve adequate tax bases to support payment.

Also included in entitled, developed and under development projects is our investment in the resort development owned by third parties at our Cibolo Canyons project. We received $1,950,000 in first nine months 2012 and $2,083,000 in first nine months 2011 from the Special Improvement District (SID) related to hotel occupancy revenues and other revenues from resort sales collected as taxes by the SID. We currently account for these receipts as a reduction of our investment. At third-quarter-end 2012, we have $33,418,000 invested in the resort development.

In first quarter 2012, entitled, developed and under development projects increased by $31,891,000 as a result of our acquisition of certain residential and mixed-use projects from CL Realty and Temco. Please read Note 3 for additional information. In second quarter 2012, entitled, developed and under development projects decreased by $51,493,000 as result of a consolidated venture’s sale of approximately 800 acres (Light Farms Project) near Dallas. We received $24,294,000 in net proceeds, the buyer assumed the outstanding debt of $30,991,000 and we recognized a gain on sale of $3,401,000.

In third quarter 2012, commercial and income producing properties decreased by $45,794,000 as result of selling Broadstone Memorial, a 401 unit multifamily project in Houston for $56,400,000. We received $29,474,000 in net proceeds, the buyer assumed outstanding debt of $26,500,000, and we recognized a gain on sale of $10,180,000. At third quarter-end 2012, commercial and income producing properties primarily represents our investment in a 413 room hotel in Austin with a carrying value of $20,098,000 and a 289 unit multifamily project in Austin, currently under construction, with a carrying value of $30,014,000. In first nine months 2012, we invested $16,809,000 in construction costs associated with this multifamily property and the estimated cost to complete construction is approximately $1,643,000.

Depreciation expense, primarily related to commercial and income producing properties, was $2,736,000 in first nine months 2012 and $2,650,000 in first nine months 2011 and is included in other operating expenses.

Note 5 — Timber

We own directly or through ventures about 129,000 acres of timber, primarily in Georgia, and about 17,000 acres of timber under lease. The non-cash cost of timber cut and sold was $868,000 in first nine months 2012 and $856,000 in first nine months 2011.

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Note 6 — Shareholders’ Equity

A reconciliation of changes in shareholders’ equity at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

	Forestar Group Inc.		Noncontrolling Interests			Total
	(In thousands)
Balance at year-end 2011	$	509,526	$	1,686		$	511,212
Net income		2,910		1,678			4,588
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		—		(1,504	)		(1,504	)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests		—		779			779
Other (primarily share-based compensation)		6,540		(354	)		6,186
Balance at third quarter-end 2012	$	518,976	$	2,285		$	521,261

In first nine months 2012, we issued 66,320 shares of our common stock as a result of stock option exercises and vesting of equity-settled restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for taxes.

Note 7 — Investment in Unconsolidated Ventures

At third quarter-end 2012, we had ownership interests in 13 ventures that we account for using the equity method. We have no real estate ventures that are accounted for using the cost method.

In second quarter 2012, we formed two new unconsolidated ventures:

• CJUF III, RH Holdings, LP was formed with Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds (CJUF) to develop a 257 unit multifamily property overlooking downtown Austin. We own a 25 percent interest and CJUF owns the remaining 75 percent interest. We contributed land and pre-development costs to the venture and received reimbursements of $3,718,000 from the venture. The venture obtained a senior secured construction loan in the amount of $23,936,000 that bears interest at LIBOR plus 2 percent with no significant balance outstanding at third quarter-end 2012. The loan has an initial term of 36 months and may be extended for two additional 12-month periods if certain conditions are met. We have a guaranty of completion of the improvements, a repayment guarantee for 20 percent of principal balance and unpaid accrued interest and a standard non-recourse carve-out guaranty. The repayment guarantee will reduce from 20 percent to 0 percent upon achievement of certain conditions. At third quarter-end 2012, our investment in this venture is $4,077,000.

• FMF Peakview, LLC was formed with Guggenheim Real Estate, LLC (Guggenheim) to develop a 304 unit multifamily property in Denver. We own a 20 percent interest and Guggenheim owns the remaining 80 percent interest. We contributed land and pre-development costs to the venture and received reimbursements of $7,243,000 from the venture. The venture obtained a senior secured construction loan in the amount of $31,550,000 that bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.25 percent with no balance outstanding at third quarter-end 2012. The loan has an initial term of 36 months and may be extended for two additional 12-month periods if certain conditions are met. We have a guaranty of completion of the improvements, a repayment guarantee for 25 percent of principal and unpaid accrued interest and a standard non-recourse carve-out guaranty. At third quarter-end 2012, our investment in this venture is $2,143,000.

In first quarter 2012, we acquired from CL Realty and Temco their interest in 17 residential and mixed-use projects for $47,000,000, principally representing $31,891,000 in real estate and $14,236,000 in investment in unconsolidated ventures. Please read Note 3 for additional information. Also in first quarter 2012, we sold our 25 percent interest in Palisades West LLC, which owns two office buildings and an accompanying parking garage in Austin for $32,095,000, resulting in a gain on sale of $11,675,000.

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Combined summarized balance sheet information for our ventures accounted for using the equity method follows:

	Venture Assets				Venture Borrowings (a)				Venture Equity						Our Investment
	Third Quarter- End 2012		Year-End 2011		Third Quarter- End 2012		Year-End 2011		Third Quarter- End 2012			Year-End 2011			Third Quarter-End 2012			Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
242, LLC (b)	$	21,356	$	23,688	$	1,512	$	4,429	$	18,888		$	18,536		$	8,540		$	8,332
CJUF III, RH Holdings		11,336		—		1		—		10,175			—			4,077			—
CL Ashton Woods (c)		17,530		—		—		—		17,030			—			7,024			—
CL Realty		7,970		51,096		—		1,056		7,624			48,608			3,812			24,304
FMF Peakview		10,883		—		—		—		10,716			—			2,143			—
HM Stonewall Estates (c)		5,243		—		316		—		4,932			—			2,354			—
LM Land Holdings (c)		18,645		—		2,668		—		12,943			—			5,938			—
Palisades West		—		124,588		—		—		—			81,635			—			20,412
Round Rock Luxury Apartments		33,247		34,434		28,301		28,544		4,207			4,865			2,856			3,312
Temco		13,250		18,922		—		2,787		12,902			15,896			6,451			7,948
Other ventures (4) (b) (d)		17,278		16,938		37,923		38,002		(34,090	)		(34,045	)		(154	)		(85	)
	$	156,738	$	269,666	$	70,721	$	74,818	$	65,327		$	135,495		$	43,041		$	64,223

Combined summarized income statement information for our ventures accounted for using the equity method follows:

	Revenues								Earnings (Loss)												Our share of earnings (loss)
	Third Quarter				First Nine Months				Third Quarter						First Nine Months						Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011		2012			2011			2012			2011			2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
242, LLC (b)	$	1,072	$	957	$	2,925	$	1,420	$	163		$	128		$	352		$	124		$	93		$	64		$	208		$	62
CJUF III, RH Holdings		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
CL Ashton Woods (c)		740		—		2,089		—		197			—			458						350			—			874			—
CL Realty		298		2,290		2,294		5,808		104			1,091			840			2,481			52			571			420			1,266
FMF Peakview		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
HM Stonewall Estates (c)		526		—		1,696		—		146			—			543			—			57			—			216			—
LM Land Holdings (c)		1,700		—		4,970		—		340			—			1,207			—			(16	)		—			151			—
Palisades West		—		4,142		—		12,256		—			1,461			—			4,372			—			365			—			1,093
Round Rock Luxury Apartments		1,179		1,420		3,461		3,388		50			(157	)		82			(367	)		25			(90	)		57			(209	)
Temco		60		89		560		435		(18	)		(366	)		(142	)		(782	)		(9	)		(183	)		(71	)		(391	)
Other ventures (4)		467		301		1,064		3,535		(224	)		(583	)		(661	)		(2,501	)		128			(79	)		317			(189	)
	$	6,042	$	9,199	$	19,059	$	26,842	$	758		$	1,574		$	2,679		$	3,327		$	680		$	648		$	2,172		$	1,632

^(a)  Total includes current maturities of $65,665,000 at third quarter-end 2012, of which $36,914,000 is non-recourse to us, and $71,816,000 at year-end 2011, of which $43,144,000 is non-recourse to us.

^(b)  Includes unamortized deferred gains on real estate contributed by us to ventures. We recognize deferred gains as income as real estate is sold to third parties. Deferred gains of $904,000 are reflected as a reduction to our investment in unconsolidated ventures at third quarter-end 2012.

^(c)  In first quarter 2012, we acquired CL Realty’s equity investment in these residential and mixed-use ventures at estimated fair value. The difference between estimated fair value of the equity investment and our capital account within the respective ventures at closing (basis difference) will be accreted as income or expense over the life of the investment and included in equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures. Unrecognized basis difference of $3,240,000 is reflected as a reduction of our investment in unconsolidated ventures at third quarter-end 2012.

^(d)  Our investment in other ventures reflects our ownership interests generally ranging from 25 to 50 percent, excluding venture losses that exceed our investment where we are not obligated to fund those losses. Please read Note 16 for additional information.

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In first nine months 2012, we invested $1,684,000 in these ventures and received $1,501,000 in distributions; in first nine months 2011, we invested $1,350,000 in these ventures and received $5,995,000 in distributions. Distributions include both return of investments and distributions of earnings.

We may provide performance bonds and letters of credit on behalf of certain ventures that would be drawn on due to failure to satisfy construction obligations as general contractor or for failure to timely deliver streets and utilities in accordance with local codes and ordinances. At third quarter-end 2012, we have $26,888,000 outstanding, of which $26,577,000 is related to the development and construction of a 257 unit multifamily property in Austin.

Note 8 — Receivables

Receivables consists of:

	Third Quarter-End 2012				Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Loan secured by real estate		$	19,063			$	20,666
Notes receivable, average interest rates of 5.65% at third quarter-end 2012 and 7.16% at year-end 2011			668				1,817
Receivables and accrued interest			13,536				860
			33,267				23,343
Allowance for bad debts			(62	)			(62	)
		$	33,205			$	23,281

At third quarter-end 2012, we have $19,063,000 invested in a loan secured by real estate. The loan was acquired from a financial institution in 2011 when it was non-performing and is secured by a lien on developed and undeveloped real estate located near Houston designated for single-family residential and commercial development. In second quarter 2012, an approved bankruptcy plan of reorganization of the borrower became effective establishing a principal amount of $33,900,000 maturing in April 2017. Per the terms of the agreement, interest accrues at 9 percent the first three years escalating to 10 percent in year four and 12 percent in year five, with interest above 6.25 percent to be forgiven if the loan is prepaid by certain dates. Commencing with the reorganization, we estimate future cash flows and calculate accretable yield to be recognized over the term of the loan, which is included in other non-operating income. In first nine months 2012, we received principal payments of $2,704,000 and interest payments of $1,148,000. At third quarter-end 2012, the outstanding principal balance was $31,196,000.

Estimated accretable yield at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

	(In thousands)
Beginning of period (Second Quarter-End 2012)	$	27,833
Interest income recognized		(1,056	)
End of period	$	26,777

Notes receivable generally are secured by a deed of trust and generally due within three years.

Receivables and accrued interest principally include miscellaneous operating receivables arising in the normal course of business. In third quarter 2012, receivables increased by approximately $9,213,000 as a result of our acquisition of Credo.

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Note 9 — Debt

Debt consists of:

	Third Quarter-End 2012			Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Senior secured credit facility
Term loan facility — average interest rate of 4.22% at third quarter-end 2012 and 6.50% at year-end 2011		$	200,000		$	130,000
Revolving line of credit — average interest rate of 6.25% at third quarter-end 2012			27,000			—
Secured promissory notes — average interest rate of 2.85% at third quarter-end 2012 and 4.34% at year-end 2011			31,390			41,900
Other indebtedness due through 2017 at variable and fixed interest rates ranging from 5.00% to 8.00%			18,261			49,687
		$	276,651		$	221,587

Our debt agreements contain financial covenants customary for such agreements including minimum levels of interest coverage and limitations on leverage. At third quarter-end 2012, we were in compliance with the financial covenants of these agreements.

On September 14, 2012, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Revolving and Term Credit Agreement in order to consolidate previous amendments and to effect the following principal amendments to: increase the term loan commitment from $130,000,000 to $200,000,000; extend the maturity date of the revolving loan to September 14, 2015 (with a one-year extension option) and of the term loan to September 14, 2017; reduce the interest rate spread over LIBOR from 4.5 percent to 4.0 percent, and eliminate the LIBOR rate floor of 2 percent; increase the minimum interest coverage ratio from 1.05x to 1.50x; reduce the unused fee rate from 0.45 percent per annum to 0.25 percent – 0.35 percent per annum based on usage; and eliminate the minimum value to commitment ratio covenant and replace it with a reduction to the borrowing base to the extent the ratio of the value of assets in the borrowing base to the aggregate commitments under the facility is less than 1.50x.We incurred fees of $5,059,000 related to this amendment. The amendment and restatement of the term loan was an extinguishment of debt under the accounting guidance and, as result, we recognized a $4,448,000 loss in third quarter 2012 which is included in interest expense.

On September 28, 2012 we acquired 100 percent of the outstanding stock of Credo in an all cash transaction for $14.50 per share, representing an equity purchase price of approximately $146,445,000. In addition, we paid in full $8,770,000 of Credo’s outstanding debt. This transaction was funded with approximately $70,000,000 in borrowings from our term loan, $35,000,000 in borrowings from our revolving line of credit, and the remaining paid from our existing balance of cash and short-term investments.

At third quarter-end 2012, our senior secured credit facility provides for a $200,000,000 term loan and a $200,000,000 revolving line of credit. The revolving line of credit may be prepaid at any time without penalty. The term loan includes a prepayment fee of one percent if prepaid prior to March 14, 2013. The revolving line of credit includes a $100,000,000 sublimit for letters of credit, of which $2,604,000 is outstanding at third quarter-end 2012. Total borrowings under our senior secured credit facility (including the face amount of letters of credit) may not exceed a borrowing base formula. At third quarter-end 2012, we had $170,396,000 in net unused borrowing capacity under our senior secured credit facility.

Under the terms of the amended and restated credit agreement, at our option, we can borrow at LIBOR plus 4.0 percent or at the alternate base rate plus 3.0 percent. The alternate base rate is the highest of (i) KeyBank National Association’s base rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 percent or (iii) 30 day LIBOR plus 1 percent. Borrowings under the senior secured credit facility are or may be secured by (a) mortgages on the timberland, high value timberland and raw entitled land, as well as pledges of other rights including certain oil and gas properties, (b) assignments of current and future leases, rents and contracts, (c) a security interest in our primary operating account, (d) a pledge of the equity interests in current and future material operating subsidiaries or majority-owned joint venture interests, or if such pledge is not permitted, a pledge of the right to distributions from such entities, (e) a pledge of reimbursements, hotel occupancy and other revenues payable to us from special improvement district tax collections in connection with our Cibolo Canyons project, and (f) a negative pledge (without a mortgage) on other assets. The senior secured credit facility provides for releases of real estate provided that borrowing base compliance is maintained.

At third quarter-end 2012, secured promissory notes includes a $15,400,000 loan collateralized by a 413 guest room hotel located in Austin with a carrying value of $20,098,000 and a $15,990,000 construction loan collateralized by a 289 unit multifamily project (currently under construction) located in Austin with a carrying value of $30,014,000. This loan will provide up to $19,550,000 in construction financing for this project.

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At third quarter-end 2012, other indebtedness, principally non-recourse, is collateralized by entitled, developed and under development projects with a carrying value of $64,781,000. In third quarter 2012, other indebtedness decreased by $26,500,000 as result of selling of Broadstone Memorial, a 401 unit multifamily project in Houston. We received $29,474,000 in net proceeds, the buyer assumed the outstanding debt, and we recognized a gain on sale of $10,180,000. In second quarter 2012, other indebtedness decreased by $30,991,000 as result of a consolidated venture’s sale of approximately 800 acres (Light Farms Project) near Dallas. We received $24,294,000 in net proceeds; the buyer assumed the outstanding debt and we recognized a gain on sale of $3,401,000.

At third quarter-end 2012, we have $6,471,000 in unamortized deferred financing fees which are included in other assets. Amortization of deferred financing fees, excluding loss on extinguishment of debt, was $2,290,000 in first nine months 2012 and $2,161,000 in first nine months 2011 and is included in interest expense.

Note 10 — Fair Value

Non-financial assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis principally include real estate assets, assets held for sale, goodwill and other intangible assets, which are measured for impairment. In third quarter 2012 and 2011, no non-financial assets were remeasured at fair value.

We elected not to use the fair value option for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other current assets, variable debt, accounts payable and other current liabilities. The carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature or variable interest rates. We determine the fair value of fixed rate financial instruments using quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets.

Information about our fixed rate financial instruments not measured at fair value follows:

	Third Quarter-End 2012						Year-End 2011
	Carrying Amount			Fair Value			Carrying Amount			Fair Value			Valuation Technique
	(In thousands)
Loan secured by real estate	$	19,063		$	37,713		$	20,666		$	—	(a)		Level 2
Fixed rate debt	$	(3,431	)	$	(3,557	)	$	(29,931	)	$	(32,478	)		Level 2

(a) At year-end 2011 not applicable due to its non-performing status.

Note 11 — Capital Stock

Pursuant to our stockholder rights plan, each share of common stock outstanding is coupled with one-quarter of a preferred stock purchase right (Right). Each Right entitles our stockholders to purchase, under certain conditions, one one-hundredth of a share of newly issued Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $100. Rights will be exercisable only if someone acquires beneficial ownership of 20 percent or more of our common shares or commences a tender or exchange offer, upon consummation of which they would beneficially own 20 percent or more of our common shares. We will generally be entitled to redeem the Rights at $0.001 per Right at any time until the 10th business day following public announcement that a 20 percent position has been acquired. The Rights will expire on December 11, 2017.

Please read Note 17 for information about additional shares of common stock that could be issued under terms of our share-based compensation plans.

As a result of the 2007 spin-offs from Temple-Inland, at third quarter-end 2012, personnel of Temple-Inland and the other spin-off entity held options to purchase 969,000 shares of our common stock. The options have a weighted average exercise price of $22.59 per share and a weighted average remaining contractual term of three years. At third quarter-end 2012, the options have an aggregate intrinsic value of $1,042,000.

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Note 12 — Net Income per Share

Earnings attributable to common shareholders and weighted average common shares outstanding used to compute earnings per share were:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Earnings (loss) available to common shareholders:
Consolidated net income (loss)	$	(380	)	$	36,965		$	4,588		$	30,935
Less: Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest		(323	)		(537	)		(1,678	)		(901	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Forestar Group Inc.	$	(703	)	$	36,428		$	2,910		$	30,034
Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic		35,233			35,514			35,204			35,482
Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock and equity-settled awards		—			282			233			395
Weighted average common shares outstanding — diluted		35,233			35,796			35,437			35,877
Anti-dilutive awards excluded from diluted weighted average shares outstanding		2,661			2,250			2,582			1,998

Note 13 — Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate was a 74 percent benefit in third quarter 2012 and 22 percent expense in first nine months 2012, which includes a 10 percent benefit for noncontrolling interests. In addition, our third quarter and first nine months 2012 effective tax rates included a non-cash benefit of 38 percent and nine percent respectively associated with state deferred tax rate changes due to our acquisition of Credo and operating in more states. Our effective tax rate was 35 percent in third quarter 2011 and 34 percent in first nine months 2011, which includes a one percent benefit for noncontrolling interests and one percent non-cash charge for share-based compensation. In addition, 2012 and 2011 effective tax rates include the effect of state income taxes, nondeductible items and benefits of percentage depletion while the 2011 effective tax rate also includes the benefits of charitable contributions related to timberlands.

We acquired Credo in third quarter 2012 and as a result, we recorded an estimated deferred tax liability of $26,276,000 principally representing the excess of the fair value allocated to oil and gas properties at closing over the carry-over tax basis received at our estimated effective tax rate. Goodwill associated with our acquisition of Credo is not deductible for income tax purposes.

We have not provided a valuation allowance for our federal deferred tax asset because we believe it is likely it will be recoverable in future periods.

At third quarter-end 2012, our unrecognized tax benefits totaled $6,213,000, all of which would affect our effective tax rate if recognized.

Note 14 — Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

In connection with our definitive agreement to acquire Credo, four purported class action lawsuits and one lawsuit that seeks certification as a class action have been filed against Credo, its board of directors and us. These actions generally allege that Credo and its board of directors breached fiduciary duties to Credo stockholders with respect to the transaction. The five actions also allege that we aided and abetted the alleged breaches. The plaintiffs’ allegations include that the consideration paid to acquire Credo is inadequate. Two of the five cases were voluntarily dismissed. On September 14, 2012, parties to the Delaware actions entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to settle those actions. The MOU is contingent on confirmatory discovery and court approval of the settlement. The MOU provides that in consideration of supplemental disclosures filed by Credo with the SEC on September 14, 2012, the final settlement will include a release of all asserted claims. The MOU does not include one case pending in Colorado, but the settlement, if approved by the Delaware Court of Chancery, would release the claims asserted in the Colorado action. We believe that the claims in all cases are without merit and intend to defend the actions vigorously.

Credo has filed a lawsuit for declaratory judgment regarding its contract rights under two agreements with a third party that in the aggregate involve five to ten percent of Credo’s participating interest in most of its leases in North Dakota. The third party has asserted certain counterclaims. We believe that the counterclaims are without merit and intend to defend them vigorously.

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We are involved in various other legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of doing business and believe that adequate reserves have been established for any probable losses. We do not believe that the outcome of any of these proceedings should have a significant adverse effect on our financial position, long-term results of operations or cash flows. It is possible, however, that charges related to these matters could be significant to our results or cash flows in any one accounting period.

Environmental

Environmental remediation liabilities arise from time to time in the ordinary course of doing business, and we believe we have established adequate reserves for any probable losses that we can reasonably estimate. We own 288 acres near Antioch, California, portions of which were sites of a former Temple-Inland paper manufacturing operation that are in remediation. We have received certificates of completion on all but one 80 acre tract, a portion of which includes subsurface contamination. We estimate the cost to complete remediation activities will be approximately $2,199,000, which is included in other accrued expenses. It is possible that remediation or monitoring activities could be required in addition to those included within our estimate, but we are unable to determine the scope, timing or extent of such activities.

Note 15 — Segment Information

We manage our operations through three business segments: real estate, mineral resources and fiber resources. Real estate secures entitlements and develops infrastructure on our lands for single-family residential and mixed-use communities, and manages our undeveloped land, commercial and income producing properties, primarily a hotel and our multifamily investments. Mineral resources manages our oil, natural gas and water interests. Fiber resources manages our timber and recreational leases.

Assets allocated by segment are as follows:

	Third Quarter-End 2012			Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Real estate		$	578,231		$	655,592
Mineral resources			226,213			18,902
Fiber resources			13,323			14,444
Assets not allocated to segments			72,172			105,919
Total assets		$	889,939		$	794,857

On September 28, 2012, we acquired Credo and as a result, we allocated approximately $209,425,000 in assets to our mineral resources segment related to this transaction. Third quarter 2012 mineral resources segment earnings associated with this acquisition were not significant.

We evaluate performance based on segment earnings (loss) before unallocated items and income taxes. Segment earnings (loss) consist of operating income, equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures, gain on sale of assets, interest income on loans secured by real estate and net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests. Items not allocated to our business segments consist of general and administrative expense, share-based compensation, gain on sale of strategic timberland, interest expense and other corporate non-operating income and expense. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the accounting policy note to the consolidated financial statements. Our revenues are derived from our U.S. operations and all of our assets are located in the U.S. In third quarter 2012, no single customer accounted for more than 10 percent of our total revenues.

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Segment revenues and earnings are as follows:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Real estate	$	27,115		$	19,060		$	71,684		$	59,814
Mineral resources		10,479			5,871			27,053			17,784
Fiber resources		3,016			1,310			5,277			3,968
Total revenues	$	40,610		$	26,241		$	104,014		$	81,566
Segment earnings:
Real estate	$	12,688		$	(4,266	)	$	31,931		$	(684	)
Mineral resources		6,091			3,592			15,919			12,292
Fiber resources		1,798			446			2,782			1,790
Total segment earnings		20,577			(228	)		50,632			13,398
Items not allocated to segments (a)		(22,358	)		56,265			(46,448	)		32,705
Income (loss) before taxes attributable to Forestar Group Inc.	$	(1,781	)	$	56,037		$	4,184		$	46,103

^(a)  Items not allocated to segments consist of:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
General and administrative expense	$	(8,000	)	$	(4,827	)	$	(19,482	)	$	(15,824	)
Shared-based compensation expense		(6,327	)		3,553			(11,491	)		(399	)
Gain on sale of assets		16			61,784			16			61,784
Interest expense		(8,094	)		(4,271	)		(15,649	)		(12,933	)
Other corporate non-operating income and expense		47			26			158			77
	$	(22,358	)	$	56,265		$	(46,448	)	$	32,705

In third quarter and first nine months 2012, general and administrative expense includes $3,248,000 and $5,709,000 in transaction costs associated with our September 28, 2012 acquisition of Credo. In third quarter and first nine months 2011, general and administrative expense includes $459,000 and $3,187,000 associated with proposed private debt offerings that we withdrew as a result of deterioration of the terms available to us in the capital markets.

Third quarter and first nine months 2012 share-based compensation expense increased as a result of increase in our stock price and the impact on cash-settled awards.

In third quarter 2011, gain on sale of assets represents the gain from selling 57,000 acres of timberland in Georgia, Alabama and Texas for $87,061,000.

In third quarter 2012, interest expense includes a $4,448,000 loss on extinguishment of debt associated with the amendment and restatement of our term loan on September 14, 2012.

Note 16 — Variable Interest Entities

At third quarter 2012, we are the primary beneficiary of one VIE that we consolidate. We have provided the majority of equity to this VIE, which absent our contributions or advances does not have sufficient equity to fund its operations. We have the authority to approve project budgets and the issuance of additional debt. At third quarter-end 2012, our consolidated balance sheet includes $1,342,000 in liabilities related to this VIE. In first nine months 2012, we contributed or advanced $1,000 to this VIE.

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Also at third quarter-end 2012, we are not the primary beneficiary of three VIEs that we account for using the equity method. The unrelated managing partners oversee day-to-day operations and guarantee some of the debt of the VIEs while we have the authority to approve project budgets and the issuance of additional debt. Although some of the debt is guaranteed by the managing partners, we may under certain circumstances elect or be required to provide additional funds to these VIEs. At third quarter-end 2012, these three VIEs have total assets of $48,849,000, substantially all of which represent developed and undeveloped real estate and total liabilities of $80,283,000, which includes $63,624,000 of borrowings classified as current maturities. These amounts are included in unconsolidated ventures in the combined summarized balance sheet information accounted for using the equity method in Note 7. At third quarter-end 2012, our investment in these three VIEs is $1,497,000 and is included in investment in unconsolidated ventures. In first nine months 2012, we contributed or advanced $111,000 to these VIEs. Our maximum exposure to loss related to these VIEs is estimated at $34,400,000, which exceeds our investment as we have a nominal general partner interest in two of these VIEs and could be held responsible for their liabilities. The maximum exposure to loss represents the maximum loss that we could be required to recognize assuming all the ventures’ assets (principally real estate) are worthless, without consideration of the probability of a loss or of any actions we may take to mitigate any such loss.

Note 17 — Share-Based Compensation

Share-based compensation expense (income) consists of:

	Third Quarter					First Nine Months
	2012		2011			2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Cash-settled awards	$	4,547	$	(4,893	)	$	4,829	$	(4,212	)
Equity-settled awards		609		265			2,438		676
Restricted stock		514		612			1,636		1,882
Stock options		657		463			2,588		2,053
	$	6,327	$	(3,553	)	$	11,491	$	399

Third quarter and first nine months 2012 share-based compensation expense increased principally as a result of an increase in our stock price and the impact on cash-settled vested awards.

Share-based compensation expense (income) is included in:

	Third Quarter					First Nine Months
	2012		2011			2012		2011
	(In thousands)
General and administrative expense	$	3,298	$	(2,057	)	$	5,528	$	(234	)
Other operating expense		3,029		(1,496	)		5,963		633
	$	6,327	$	(3,553	)	$	11,491	$	399

The fair value of awards granted to retirement eligible employees and expensed at the date of grant was $595,000 in first nine months 2012 and $654,000 in first nine months 2011. Unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to non-vested equity-settled awards, restricted stock and stock options is $9,530,000 at third quarter-end 2012. The weighted average period over which this amount will be recognized is estimated to be two years. We did not capitalize any share-based compensation in first nine months 2012 or 2011.

In first nine months 2012, we withheld 72,199 shares having a value of $1,171,000 in connection with vesting of restricted stock awards and exercises of stock options. In first nine months 2011, we withheld 70,539 shares having a value of $1,290,000 in connection with vesting of restricted stock awards and exercises of stock options. These shares are included in treasury stock and are reflected in financing activities in our consolidated statement of cash flows.

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A summary of awards granted under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan follows:

Cash-settled awards

Cash-settled awards granted to our employees in the form of restricted stock units or stock appreciation rights generally vest over three to four years from the date of grant and generally provide for accelerated vesting upon death, disability or if there is a change in control. Vesting for some restricted stock unit awards is also conditioned upon achievement of a minimum one percent annualized return on assets over a three-year period. Cash-settled stock appreciation rights have a ten-year term, generally become exercisable ratably over four years and provide for accelerated or continued vesting upon retirement, death, disability or if there is a change in control. Stock appreciation rights were granted with an exercise price equal to the market value of our stock on the date of grant.

Cash-settled awards granted to our directors in the form of restricted stock units are fully vested at the time of grant and payable upon retirement.

The following table summarizes the activity of cash-settled restricted stock unit awards in first nine months 2012:

	Equivalent Units			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(Per unit)
Non-vested at beginning of year		449		$	13.13
Granted		187			16.11
Vested		(286	)		10.32
Forfeited		—			—
Non-vested at end of period		350		$	17.03

The following table summarizes the activity of cash-settled stock appreciation rights in first nine months 2012:

	Rights Outstanding			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (Current Value Less Exercise Price)
	(In thousands)			(Per share)		(In years)		(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of year		895		$	11.31		7	$	3,986
Granted		—			—
Exercised		(22	)		9.29
Forfeited		—			—
Balance at end of period		873		$	11.36		7	$	4,870
Exercisable at end of period		625		$	10.88		7	$	3,744

The fair value of awards settled in cash was $5,254,000 in first nine months 2012 and $184,000 in first nine months 2011. At third quarter-end 2012, the fair value of vested cash-settled awards is $17,239,000 and is included in other liabilities. The aggregate current value of non-vested cash-settled awards is $9,559,000 at third quarter-end 2012 based on a quarter-end stock price of $16.66.

Equity-settled awards

Equity-settled awards granted to our employees include restricted stock units (RSU), which vest ratably over three years from the date of grant, and market-leveraged stock units (MSU), which vest after three years. Equity settled awards in the form of restricted stock units granted to our directors are fully vested at time of grant and payable upon retirement. The following table summarizes the activity of equity-settled awards in first nine months 2012:

	Equivalent Units			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(Per share)
Non-vested at beginning of year		159		$	20.74
Granted		311			17.13
Vested		(102	)		15.26
Forfeited		—			—
Non-vested at end of period		368		$	19.20

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In first quarter 2012, we granted 154,900 MSU awards. These awards will be settled in common stock based upon our stock price performance over three years from the date of grant. The number of shares to be issued could range from a high of 232,370 shares if our stock price increases by 50 percent or more, to a low of 77,460 shares if our stock price decreases by 50 percent, or could be zero if our stock price decreases by more than 50 percent, the minimum threshold performance. MSU awards are valued using a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model, which includes expected stock price volatility and risk-free interest rate assumptions. Compensation expense is recognized regardless of achievement of performance conditions, provided the requisite service period is satisfied.

Unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to non-vested equity-settled awards is $4,272,000 at third quarter-end 2012. The weighted average period over which this amount will be recognized is estimated to be two years.

Restricted stock

Restricted stock awards vest either ratably over or after three years, generally if we achieve a minimum one percent annualized return on assets over such three-year period. The following table summarizes the activity of restricted stock awards in first nine months 2012:

	Restricted Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(Per share)
Non-vested at beginning of year		399		$	15.02
Granted		—			—
Vested		(183	)		12.65
Forfeited		—			—
Non-vested at end of period		216		$	17.03

Unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to non-vested restricted stock awards is $952,000 at third quarter-end 2012. The weighted average period over which this amount will be recognized is estimated to be one year.

Stock options

Stock options have a ten-year term, generally become exercisable ratably over four years and provide for accelerated or continued vesting upon retirement, death, disability or if there is a change in control. Options were granted with an exercise price equal to the market value of our stock on the date of grant. The following table summarizes the activity of stock option awards in first nine months 2012:

	Options Outstanding			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (Current Value Less Exercise Price)
	(In thousands)			(Per share)		(In years)		(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of year		1,284		$	22.22		7	$	944
Granted		473			15.94
Exercised		—			—
Forfeited		(1	)		16.89
Balance at end of period		1,756		$	20.53		7	$	1,532
Exercisable at end of period		975		$	23.66		6	$	974

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We estimate the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions:

	First Nine Months
	2012			2011
Expected dividend yield		—	%		—	%
Expected stock price volatility		60.2	%		56.2	%
Risk-free interest rate		1.3	%		2.4	%
Expected life of options (years)		6			6
Weighted average estimated fair value of options granted	$	9.22		$	10.11

We have limited historical experience as a stand-alone company so we utilized alternative methods in determining our valuation assumptions. The expected life was based on the simplified method utilizing the midpoint between the vesting period and the contractual life of the awards. Our expected stock price volatility is based on a blended rate utilizing our historical volatility and historical prices of our peers’ common stock for a period corresponding to the expected life of the options. Pre-vesting forfeitures are estimated based upon the pool of participants and their expected activity and historical trends.

Unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to non-vested stock options is $4,306,000 at third quarter-end 2012. The weighted average period over which this amount will be recognized is estimated to be two years.

Pre-Spin Awards

Certain of our employees participated in Temple-Inland’s share-based compensation plans. In conjunction with the 2007 spin-off, these awards were equitably adjusted into separate awards of the common stock of Temple-Inland and the spin-off entities. As result of Temple-Inland’s merger with International Paper in first quarter 2012, all outstanding awards on Temple-Inland stock were settled with an intrinsic value of $1,132,000.

Pre-Spin stock option awards to our employees to purchase our common stock have a ten-year term, generally become exercisable ratably over four years and provide for accelerated or continued vesting upon retirement, death, disability or if there is a change in control. At third quarter-end 2012, there were 65,000 pre-spin awards outstanding and exercisable on our stock with a weighted average exercise price of $24.10, weighted average remaining term of three years and aggregate intrinsic value of $56,000.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Unless otherwise indicated, information is presented as of third quarter-end 2012, and references to acreage owned includes all acres owned by ventures regardless of our ownership interest in a venture.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other materials we have filed or may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “could,” “estimate,” “likely,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “expect,” and similar expressions, including references to assumptions. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. We note that a variety of factors and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors and uncertainties that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to:

• general economic, market or business conditions in Texas or Georgia, where our real estate activities are concentrated;

• our ability to achieve some or all of our strategic initiatives;

• the opportunities (or lack thereof) that may be presented to us and that we may pursue;

• significant customer concentration;

• future residential, multifamily or commercial entitlements, development approvals and the ability to obtain such approvals;

• obtaining approvals of reimbursements and other payments from special improvement districts and the timing of such payments

• accuracy of estimates and other assumptions related to investment in real estate, the expected timing and pricing of land and lot sales and related cost of real estate sales, impairment of long-lived assets, income taxes, share-based compensation and oil and natural gas reserves;

• the levels of resale housing inventory and potential impact of foreclosures in our mixed-use development projects and the regions in which they are located;

• fluctuations in costs and expenses;

• demand for new housing, which can be affected by a number of factors including the availability of mortgage credit;

• competitive actions by other companies;

• changes in governmental policies, laws or regulations and actions or restrictions of regulatory agencies;

• our realization of the expected benefits of acquiring CREDO Petroleum Corporation;

• risks associated with oil and gas drilling and production activities;

• fluctuations in oil and natural gas commodity prices;

• government regulation of exploration and production technology, including hydraulic fracturing;

• the results of financing efforts, including our ability to obtain financing with favorable terms;

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• our partners’ ability to fund their capital commitments and otherwise fulfill their operating and financial obligations;

• the effect of limitations, restrictions and natural events on our ability to harvest and deliver timber;

• inability to obtain permits for, or changes in laws, governmental policies or regulations effecting, water withdrawal or usage and

• the final resolutions or outcomes with respect to our contingent and other liabilities related to our business.

Other factors, including the risk factors described in Item 1A of our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, may also cause actual results to differ materially from those projected by our forward-looking statements. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all such factors, nor can we assess the impact of any such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.

Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and, except as required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Strategy

Our strategy is:

• Recognizing and responsibly delivering the greatest value from every acre; and

• Growing through strategic and disciplined investments.

2012 Strategic Initiatives

In 2012, we announced Triple in FOR, new strategic initiatives designed to further enhance shareholder value by:

• Accelerating value realization of our real estate and natural resources by increasing total residential lots sales, oil and gas production, and total segment earnings.

• Optimizing transparency and disclosure by expanding reported oil and natural gas resources, providing additional information related to groundwater interests, and establishing a progress report on corporate responsibility efforts.

• Raising our net asset value through strategic and disciplined investments by pursuing growth opportunities which help prove up our asset value and meet return expectations, developing a low-capital, high-return multifamily business, and accelerating investment in lower-risk oil and natural gas opportunities.

Strategic Acquisition

On September 28, 2012, pursuant to the terms of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger dated June 3, 2012, we acquired 100 percent of the outstanding common stock of CREDO Petroleum Corporation (Credo) in an all cash transaction for $14.50 per share, representing an equity purchase price of approximately $146,445,000. In addition, we paid in full $8,770,000 of Credo’s outstanding debt. Third quarter 2012 mineral resources segment earnings associated with this acquisition were not significant.

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Results of Operations

A summary of our consolidated results by business segment follows:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Real estate	$	27,115		$	19,060		$	71,684		$	59,814
Mineral resources		10,479			5,871			27,053			17,784
Fiber resources		3,016			1,310			5,277			3,968
Total revenues	$	40,610		$	26,241		$	104,014		$	81,566
Segment earnings:
Real estate	$	12,688		$	(4,266	)	$	31,931		$	(684	)
Mineral resources		6,091			3,592			15,919			12,292
Fiber resources		1,798			446			2,782			1,790
Total segment earnings (loss)		20,577			(228	)		50,632			13,398
Items not allocated to segments:
General and administrative expense		(8,000	)		(4,827	)		(19,482	)		(15,824	)
Share-based compensation income (expense)		(6,327	)		3,553			(11,491	)		(399	)
Gain on sale of assets		16			61,784			16			61,784
Interest expense		(8,094	)		(4,271	)		(15,649	)		(12,933	)
Other corporate non-operating income and expense		47			26			158			77
Income (loss) before taxes		(1,781	)		56,037			4,184			46,103
Income tax benefit (expense)		1,078			(19,609	)		(1,274	)		(16,069	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Forestar Group Inc.	$	(703	)	$	36,428		$	2,910		$	30,034

Significant aspects of our results of operations follow:

Third Quarter and First Nine months 2012

• Real estate segment earnings benefited primarily from a $10,180,000 gain resulting from the sale of Broadstone Memorial, a 401 unit multifamily project in Houston and increased residential and commercial sales activity. In first nine months 2012, real estate segment earnings benefited primarily from such gain and a $11,675,000 gain from the sale of our 25 percent interest in Palisades West LLC, $3,401,000 gain from a consolidated venture’s sale of 800 acres near Dallas, and increased residential and commercial sales activity.

• Mineral resources segment earnings benefited from $3,543,000 in lease bonus revenues as a result of leasing over 3,100 net mineral acres and increased oil production volumes. These items were partially offset by increased cost of sales due to higher production volumes, lower prices and from additional oil and natural gas personnel and professional services associated with our water initiatives.

• Fiber resources segment earnings increased principally as a result of higher levels of harvesting activity which was primarily driven by accelerated customer demand.

• Third quarter and first nine months 2012 general and administrative expense includes $3,248,000 and $5,709,000 in transaction costs to outside advisors associated with our acquisition of Credo on September 28, 2012.

• Share-based compensation expense increased as result of the increase in our stock price and the impact on cash-settled vested awards.

• Interest expense includes a $4,448,000 loss on extinguishment of debt in connection with the amendment and restatement of our term loan on September 14, 2012.

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Third Quarter and First Nine months 2011

• Real estate segment earnings were negatively impacted by lower undeveloped land sales volume and prices as a result of current market conditions. In addition, we recognized a $2,500,000 charge related to environmental remediation activities. These items were partially offset by increased residential sales activity.

• Mineral resources segment earnings declined primarily due to lower lease bonus revenues and increased costs associated with developing our water resources initiatives. These items were partially offset by increased oil production volumes and higher oil prices.

• Fiber resources segment earnings decreased principally due to reduction in volume as a result of selling about 30,000 acres of timberland in 2010 and postponing harvest plans on acres previously classified as held for sale.

• Third quarter and first nine months 2011, general and administrative expense includes $459,000 and $3,187,000 associated with proposed private debt offerings that we withdrew as a result of deterioration of terms available to us in the credit markets.

• Share-based compensation decreased as a result of a decline in our stock price and its impact on vested cash-settled awards.

• In third quarter 2011, gain on sale of assets represents the gain from selling 57,000 acres of timberland in Georgia, Alabama and Texas for $87,061,000.

Current Market Conditions

Current U.S. single-family residential market conditions are showing signs of stability; however, high unemployment rates, depressed sales volumes and prices, difficult financing environment for purchasers and competition from foreclosure inventory continue to negatively influence housing markets. It is difficult to predict when and at what rate these broader negative conditions will improve. Declining finished lot inventories and lack of real estate development is increasing demand for our developed lots, principally in the Texas markets. Multifamily market conditions continue to be strong, with many markets experiencing healthy occupancy levels and positive rent growth. This improvement has been driven primarily by limited new construction activity, reduced single-family mortgage credit availability, and the increased propensity to rent among the 18 to 34 year old demographic of the U.S. population.

Oil prices have weakened recently reflecting market concerns about world economies and oil demand. Natural gas prices have remained near low historical levels due to abundant supplies and high inventories. Shale resource drilling and production remains strong and working natural gas inventories are expected to remain relatively high. In the East Texas Basin, exploration and production companies continue to focus drilling on high liquid rich gas prospects due to relatively high condensate and natural gas liquid prices. In the Gulf Coast Basin, in Louisiana, activity has increased as operators have shifted exploration efforts to oil and high liquid natural gas plays. These conditions may impact the demand for new mineral leases, new exploration activity and the amount of royalty revenues we receive.

Pine sawtimber prices continue to be depressed due to weak demand driven by the overall slowdown in residential construction activity, while pine pulpwood demand remains steady and pricing is relatively flat.

Business Segments

We manage our operations through three business segments:

• Real estate,

• Mineral resources, and

• Fiber resources.

We evaluate performance based on earnings (loss) before unallocated items and income taxes. Segment earnings (loss) consist of operating income, equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures’, gain on sale of assets, interest income on loans secured by real estate and net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests. Items not allocated to our business segments consist of general and administrative expenses, share-based compensation, gain on sale of strategic timberland, interest expense and other corporate non-operating income and expense. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the accounting policy note to the consolidated financial statements.

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We operate in cyclical industries. Our operations are affected to varying degrees by supply and demand factors and economic conditions including changes in interest rates, availability of mortgage credit, consumer and home builder sentiment, new housing starts, real estate values, employment levels, changes in the market prices for oil, natural gas, and timber, and the overall strength or weakness of the U.S. economy.

Real Estate

We own directly or through ventures about 143,000 acres of real estate located in nine states and 13 markets. Our real estate segment secures entitlements and develops infrastructure on our lands, primarily for single-family residential and mixed-use communities. We own 103,000 acres in a broad area around Atlanta, Georgia, with the balance located primarily in Texas. We target investments principally in regions across the southern half of the United States that possess key demographic and growth characteristics that we believe make them attractive for long-term real estate investment. We own and manage our projects either directly or through ventures. Our real estate segment revenues are principally derived from the sales of residential single-family lots and tracts, undeveloped land and commercial real estate and from the operation of commercial and income producing properties, primarily a hotel and our multifamily investments.

A summary of our real estate results follows:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Revenues	$	27,115		$	19,060		$	71,684		$	59,814
Cost of sales		(17,539	)		(12,367	)		(43,086	)		(32,894	)
Operating expenses		(8,421	)		(10,717	)		(24,208	)		(27,064	)
		1,155			(4,024	)		4,390			(144	)
Interest income on loans secured by real estate		1,066			—			2,159			—
Gain on sale of assets		10,197			—			25,273			—
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures		593			295			1,787			361
Less: Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests		(323	)		(537	)		(1,678	)		(901	)
Segment earnings	$	12,688		$	(4,266	)	$	31,931		$	(684	)

Third quarter and first nine months 2012, segment earnings include $1,066,000 and $2,159,000 in interest income primarily related to a loan secured by a mixed-use community in Houston.

In third quarter and first nine months 2012, gain on sale of assets includes $10,180,000 resulting from the sale of Broadstone Memorial, a 401 unit multifamily project in Houston. In addition, first nine months 2012 includes a $3,401,000 gain from a consolidated venture’s sale of 800 acres in Dallas and $11,675,000 gain from the sale of our 25 percent interest in Palisades West LLC for $32,095,000.

Revenues in our owned and consolidated ventures consist of:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Residential real estate	$	13,564	$	10,276	$	36,892	$	27,503
Commercial real estate		2,405		—		4,170		736
Undeveloped land		1,604		1,526		4,918		10,096
Commercial and income producing properties		8,805		6,653		23,381		20,400
Other		737		605		2,323		1,079
Total revenues	$	27,115	$	19,060	$	71,684	$	59,814

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Residential real estate revenues principally consist of the sale of single-family lots to national, regional and local homebuilders. In third quarter and first nine months 2012, residential real estate revenues increased principally as a result of increased lot sales volume due to demand for finished lot inventory by homebuilders in markets where supply has diminished. In first nine months 2012, we sold the remaining 109 fully developed lots from our River Plantation project located in Tampa for $2,145,000 or about $19,675 per lot, resulting in about $478,000 in segment earnings.

In third quarter 2012, commercial real estate revenues increased as result of selling approximately 18 commercial acres from projects located in Houston and Dallas for $2,405,000 generating combined segment earnings of $1,288,000. In addition, first nine months 2012 includes the sale of approximately 35 commercial acres from a project in Fort Worth for $1,295,000 which generated about $822,000 in segment earnings.

In first nine months 2012, undeveloped land sales decreased due to lower volume from our retail land sales program as a result of challenging market conditions including limited credit availability and alternate investment options to buyers in the marketplace.

In third quarter and first nine months 2012, commercial and income producing properties revenue increased as a result of rent growth from our 401 unit multifamily property located in Houston, which we sold in third quarter 2012.

In third quarter and first nine months 2012, other revenues include $564,000 and $1,611,000, as a result of selling four acres and eleven acres, respectively, of impervious cover entitlement credits to homebuilders. These sales generated segment earnings of approximately $496,000 in third quarter 2012 and $1,416,000 in first nine months 2012.

Units sold in our owned and consolidated ventures consist of:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Residential real estate:
Lots sold		193		155		675		458
Revenue per lot sold	$	54,206	$	52,197	$	49,925	$	55,277
Commercial real estate:
Acres sold		18		—		56		4
Revenue per acre sold	$	133,882	$	—	$	75,147	$	185,344
Undeveloped land:
Acres sold		564		548		1,817		3,938
Revenue per acre sold	$	2,846	$	2,786	$	2,707	$	2,564

Operating expenses consist of:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Employee compensation and benefits	$	2,530	$	1,893	$	6,584	$	5,730
Property taxes		1,964		2,023		6,305		6,484
Professional services		992		1,174		3,070		3,405
Depreciation and amortization		1,101		1,344		3,251		3,938
Environmental		38		2,527		131		2,607
Other		1,796		1,756		4,867		4,900
Total operating expenses	$	8,421	$	10,717	$	24,208	$	27,064

In third quarter 2011, environmental costs increased as a result of a $2,500,000 charge related to environmental remediation activities at our Antioch, California project.

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Information about our real estate projects and our real estate ventures follows:

	Third Quarter-End
	2012		2011
Owned and consolidated ventures:
Entitled, developed and under development projects
Number of projects		65		54
Residential lots remaining		20,019		18,679
Commercial acres remaining		2,067		1,808
Undeveloped land and land in the entitlement process
Number of projects		16		16
Acres in entitlement process		27,580		27,590
Acres undeveloped		95,357		110,115
Ventures accounted for using the equity method:
Ventures’ lot sales (for first nine months)
Lots sold		306		350
Average price per lot sold	$	49,125	$	40,592
Ventures’ entitled, developed and under development projects
Number of projects		7		21
Residential lots remaining		3,845		9,295
Commercial acres sold (for first nine months)		—		20
Average price per acre sold	$	—	$	152,460
Commercial acres remaining		333		538
Ventures’ undeveloped land and land in the entitlement process
Acres sold (for first nine months)		135		19
Average price per acre sold	$	2,600	$	3,000
Acres undeveloped		5,655		5,712

In first quarter 2012, we acquired from CL Realty and Temco, 14 entitled, developed and under development projects and interests in three ventures accounted for using the equity method. The acquired assets represented approximately 1,130 fully developed lots, 4,900 planned lots, and over 460 commercial acres at time of acquisition, principally in the major markets of Texas.

We underwrite development projects based on a variety of assumptions incorporated into our development plans, including the timing and pricing of sales and leasing and costs to complete development. Our development plans are periodically reviewed in comparison to our return projections and expectations, and we may revise our plans as business conditions warrant. If as a result of changes to our development plans the anticipated future net cash flows are reduced such that our basis in a project is not fully recoverable, we may be required to recognize a non-cash impairment charge for such project.

Our net investment in owned and consolidated real estate by geographic location follows:

State	Entitled, Developed, and Under Development Projects			Undeveloped Land			Commercial and Income Producing Properties			Total
	(In thousands)
Texas		$	298,418		$	9,570		$	55,335		$	363,323
Georgia			22,125			58,592			—			80,717
Colorado			21,475			—			—			21,475
California			8,915			14,997			—			23,912
Other			6,740			847			11,589			19,176
Total		$	357,673		$	84,006		$	66,924		$	508,603

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Mineral Resources

We own directly or through ventures about 593,000 net acres of mineral interests. Our mineral resources segment revenues are principally derived from oil and natural gas royalties, non-operating working interests and other lease revenues from our mineral interests located principally in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama. At third quarter-end 2012, we have about 37,000 net acres under lease and about 38,000 net acres held by production.

On September 28, 2012, we acquired 100 percent of the outstanding common stock of Credo in an all cash transaction for $14.50 per share, representing an equity purchase price of approximately $146,445,000. In addition, we paid in full approximately $8,770,000 of Credo’s outstanding debt. The acquired assets represent approximately 142,000 net mineral acres leased from others, of which over 36,000 are held by production at third quarter-end 2012. The principal areas of operations are in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Texas and includes 382 gross oil and natural gas wells with working interest ownership of which 132 are operated by the Company, and nearly 1,200 wells with overriding royalty interests. Third quarter 2012 mineral resources segment earnings associated with this acquisition were not significant.

A summary of our mineral resources results follows:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Revenues	$	10,479		$	5,871		$	27,053		$	17,784
Cost of sales		(1,865	)		(597	)		(4,218	)		(1,829	)
Operating expenses		(2,604	)		(2,030	)		(7,285	)		(4,918	)
		6,010			3,244			15,550			11,037
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated ventures		81			348			369			1,255
Segment earnings	$	6,091		$	3,592		$	15,919		$	12,292

Cost of sales represents our share of oil and natural gas production severance taxes, which are calculated based on a percentage of oil and natural gas produced, costs related to our oil and natural gas non-operating working interests, geological and geophysical costs and delay rental payments related to ground water leases in central Texas. In third quarter and first nine months 2012, cost of sales increased primarily due to higher depletion costs related to working interest wells that began producing in late 2011 and early 2012, exploration costs and higher production severance taxes as a result of increased oil production.

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated ventures includes our share of royalty revenue from 23 producing wells in the Barnett Shale natural gas formation.

Revenues consist of:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Royalties	$	5,435	$	5,325	$	18,503	$	12,699
Working interests		604		99		2,112		357
Other revenues		4,440		447		6,438		4,728
Total revenues	$	10,479	$	5,871	$	27,053	$	17,784

In third quarter 2012, royalty revenues increased principally as result of increased oil production partially offset by decreased oil prices in our owned and consolidated properties and decreased natural gas prices. Increased oil production contributed about $2,612,000 which was offset by $1,520,000 from decreased oil prices as compared with third quarter 2011. Increased natural gas production contributed about $241,000 which was offset by $717,000 from decreased natural gas prices as compared with third quarter 2011. In first nine months 2012, royalty revenues increased principally as result of increased oil production in our owned and consolidated properties. Increased oil production contributed about $9,195,000 as compared with first nine months 2011.

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In third quarter and first nine months 2012, working interest revenues increased principally as result of our investment in new producing wells within the West Gordon field located in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.

In third quarter 2012, other revenues include $3,543,000 in lease bonuses received from leasing approximately 3,124 net mineral acres owned in Texas and Louisiana for over $1,100 average per acre and $593,000 in delay rentals received on approximately 9,500 net mineral acres owned in Louisiana. In third quarter 2011, other revenues principally includes $100,000 in lease bonuses received from leasing about 380 net mineral acres owned for an average of $266 per acre and $253,000 related to delay rental payments received on approximately 8,600 net mineral acres owned.

In first nine months 2012, other revenues include $2,155,000 in delay rentals received on approximately 15,100 net mineral acres in Louisiana and $3,830,000 in lease bonuses received from leasing approximately 3,900 net mineral acres owned in Texas and Louisiana for an average of about $975 per acre. In first nine months 2011, other revenues include $2,232,000 in lease bonuses received from leasing over 7,700 net mineral acres owned for an average of $288 per acre, $1,555,000 related to mineral seismic exploration agreement associated with 31,100 acres in Louisiana and $479,000 related to delay rental payments received on approximately 9,200 net mineral acres owned.

Oil and natural gas produced and average unit prices related to our royalty and working interests follows:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Consolidated entities:
Oil production (barrels)		69,000		42,300		199,800		102,200
Average price per barrel	$	75.81	$	97.83	$	89.15	$	94.23
Natural gas production (millions of cubic feet)		351.5		295.9		1,052.0		850.1
Average price per thousand cubic feet	$	2.29	$	4.33	$	2.66	$	4.03
Our share of ventures accounted for using the equity method:
Natural gas production (millions of cubic feet)		74.9		112.1		247.1		398.3
Average price per thousand cubic feet	$	1.99	$	4.10	$	2.36	$	3.80
Total consolidated and our share of equity method ventures:
Oil production (barrels)		69,000		42,300		199,800		102,200
Average price per barrel	$	75.81	$	97.83	$	89.15	$	94.23
Natural gas production (millions of cubic feet)		426.4		408		1,299.1		1,248.4
Average price per thousand cubic feet	$	2.24	$	4.27	$	2.61	$	3.96
Total BOE		140,105		110,346		416,302		310,268
Average price per barrel equivalent	$	44.17	$	53.31	$	50.92	$	46.96

At third quarter-end 2012, there were 542 gross productive wells operated by others on our leased owned mineral acres compared to 510 gross productive wells at third quarter-end 2011. The above production and well information excludes any results associated with our September 28, 2012 acquisition of Credo.

Operating expenses consist of:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Professional and consulting services	$	801	$	792	$	2,330	$	2,086
Employee compensation and benefits		1,173		614		3,184		1,495
Property taxes		89		78		239		228
Other		541		546		1,532		1,109
Total operating expenses	$	2,604	$	2,030	$	7,285	$	4,918

Professional and consulting services include $429,000 in third quarter 2012 and 2011 and $1,286,000 in first nine months 2012 and 2011 due to non-cash amortization of contingent consideration paid to the seller of a water resources company acquired in 2010. These costs are being amortized ratably over the performance period assuming certain milestones are achieved by July 2014. In third quarter and first nine months 2012, employee compensation and benefits increased principally as result of incremental staffing to support our oil, natural gas and water interests.

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In addition, we have water interests in 1,550,000 acres, including a 45 percent nonparticipating royalty interest in groundwater produced or withdrawn for commercial purposes or sold from approximately 1,400,000 acres in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama and 17,800 acres of ground water leases in central Texas. We have not received significant revenue or earnings from these interests.

Fiber Resources

Our fiber resources segment focuses principally on the management of our timber holdings and recreational leases. We have about 129,000 acres of timber we own directly or through ventures, primarily in Georgia, and about 17,000 acres of timber under lease. Our fiber resources segment revenues are principally derived from the sales of wood fiber from our land and leases for recreational uses.

A summary of our fiber resources results follows:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Revenues	$	3,016		$	1,310		$	5,277		$	3,968
Cost of sales		(570	)		(349	)		(1,068	)		(881	)
Operating expenses		(637	)		(520	)		(1,660	)		(1,494	)
		1,809			441			2,549			1,593
Gain on sale of assets		(17	)		—			217			181
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated ventures		6			5			16			16
Segment earnings	$	1,798		$	446		$	2,782		$	1,790

Fiber resources segment earnings increased principally as a result of higher levels of harvesting activity which was primarily driven by accelerated customer demand.

Revenues consist of:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Fiber	$	2,282	$	978	$	3,848	$	2,695
Recreational leases and other		734		332		1,429		1,273
Total revenues	$	3,016	$	1,310	$	5,277	$	3,968

Fiber sold consists of:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Pulpwood tons sold		160,000		85,800		265,200		222,100
Average pulpwood price per ton	$	9.54	$	7.57	$	9.51	$	8.57
Sawtimber tons sold		37,400		22,900		66,700		51,200
Average sawtimber price per ton	$	20.21	$	14.33	$	19.88	$	15.47
Total tons sold		197,400		108,700		331,900		273,300
Average price per ton	$	11.56	$	8.99	$	11.59	$	9.86

In third quarter 2012, total fiber tons sold increased principally as a result of accelerated harvesting levels to meet customer demand, primarily International Paper’s Rome, Georgia mill. The majority of our fiber sales were to International Paper at market prices.

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Information about our recreational leases follows:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Average recreational acres leased		129,200		164,600		130,500			185,300
Average price per leased acre	$	8.84	$	8.28	$	8.84		$	8.84

Operating expenses consist of:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Employee compensation and benefits	$	266	$	229	$	783	$	696
Facility and long-term timber lease costs		117		109		354		337
Other		254		182		523		461
Total operating expenses	$	637	$	520	$	1,660	$	1,494

Items Not Allocated to Segments

Unallocated items represent income and expenses managed on a company-wide basis and include general and administrative expenses, share-based compensation, gain on sale of strategic timberland, interest expense and other corporate non-operating income and expense. General and administrative expenses principally consist of accounting and finance, tax, legal, human resources, internal audit, information technology and our board of directors. These functions support all of our business segments and are not allocated.

General and administrative expenses consist of:

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Professional services	$	4,020	$	1,600	$	7,985	$	6,025
Employee compensation and benefits		1,986		1,394		5,332		4,221
Depreciation and amortization		268		347		841		1,050
Insurance costs		238		276		749		809
Facility costs		195		210		573		594
Other		1,293		1,000		4,002		3,125
Total general and administrative expenses	$	8,000	$	4,827	$	19,482	$	15,824

In third quarter and first nine months 2012 professional services expense includes $3,248,000 and $5,709,000 in transaction costs to outside advisors associated with our acquisition of Credo.

In third quarter and first nine months 2011, professional services includes $459,000 and $3,187,000 of expenses associated with proposed private debt offerings that we withdrew as a result of deterioration in terms available to us in the capital markets.

Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate was a 74 percent benefit in third quarter 2012 and 22 percent expense in first nine months 2012, which includes a 10 percent benefit for noncontrolling interests. In addition, our third quarter and first nine months 2012 effective tax rates included a non-cash benefit of 38 percent and nine percent respectively associated with state deferred tax rate changes due to our acquisition of Credo and operating in more states. Our effective tax rate was 35 percent in third quarter 2011 and 34 percent in first nine months 2011, which includes a one percent benefit for noncontrolling interests and one percent non-cash charge for share-based compensation. In addition, 2012 and 2011 effective tax rates include the effect of state income taxes, nondeductible items and benefits of percentage depletion while the 2011 effective tax rate includes the benefits of charitable contributions related to timberlands.

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We acquired Credo on September 28, 2012, and as a result, we recorded an estimated deferred tax liability of $26,276,000 principally representing the excess of the fair value allocated to oil and gas properties at closing over the carry-over tax basis received at our estimated effective tax rate.

We have not provided a valuation allowance for our federal deferred tax asset because we believe it is likely it will be recoverable in future periods based on considerations including taxable income in prior carryback years, future reversals of existing temporary differences, tax planning strategies and future taxable income. If these sources of income are not sufficient in future periods, we may be required to provide a valuation allowance for our federal deferred tax asset.

Capital Resources and Liquidity

Sources and Uses of Cash

We operate in cyclical industries and our cash flows fluctuate accordingly. Our principal operating cash requirements are for the acquisition and development of real estate, either directly or indirectly through ventures, taxes, interest and compensation. Our principal sources of cash are proceeds from the sale of real estate and timber, the cash flow from minerals and income producing properties, borrowings, and reimbursements from utility and improvement districts. Operating cash flows are affected by the timing of the payment of real estate development expenditures and the collection of proceeds from the eventual sale of the real estate, the timing of which can vary substantially depending on many factors including the size of the project, state and local permitting requirements and availability of utilities, and by the timing of oil and natural gas leasing and production activities. Working capital is subject to operating needs, the timing of sales of real estate and timber, the timing of collection of mineral royalties or mineral lease payments, collection of receivables, reimbursement from utility and improvement districts and the payment of payables and expenses.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Cash flows from our real estate development activities, undeveloped land sales, commercial and income producing properties, timber sales, mineral and recreational leases and reimbursements from utility and improvement districts are classified as operating cash flows.

In first nine months 2012, net cash (used for) operating activities was ($20,784,000) as expenditures for real estate development and acquisitions significantly exceeded non-cash real estate cost of sales, principally as result of acquiring real estate assets from CL Realty and Temco for $47,000,000. Subsequent to closing of this acquisition, we received $23,370,000 from the ventures, representing our pro-rata share of distributable cash. Also, we invested $14,341,000 in a 289 unit multifamily property currently under construction in Austin, acquired a multifamily development site in Nashville for $11,081,000 and we paid $11,041,000 in federal and state taxes, net of refunds. We received $24,294,000 in net proceeds from a consolidated venture’s sale of 800 acres in Dallas and $10,934,000 in reimbursements from two new multifamily ventures which represents our venture partners’ pro-rata share of the costs. In first nine months 2011, net cash provided by operating activities was $32,816,000 as proceeds from the sale of 57,000 acres of timberland in accordance with our strategic initiatives generated net proceeds of $86,018,000. Expenditures for development and acquisitions exceeded non-cash real estate cost of sales principally due to our acquisition of a non-performing loan secured by a lien on 900 acres of developed and undeveloped land near Houston, Texas for $21,137,000, $25,481,000 in four real estate acquisitions located in various Texas markets and payment of $7,956,000 in federal and state income taxes, net of refunds.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Capital contributions to and capital distributions from unconsolidated ventures, business acquisitions and investment in oil and natural gas properties and equipment are classified as investing activities. In addition, proceeds from the sale of property and equipment, software costs and expenditures related to reforestation activities are also classified as investing activities.

In first nine months 2012, net cash (used for) investing activities was ($95,574,000) principally due to our acquisition of Credo for ($152,073,000) purchase price, net of cash acquired. Partially offsetting our investment in Credo were proceeds received from the sale of our 25 percent interest in Palisades West LLC for $32,095,000 and $29,474,000 in net proceeds from the sale of Broadstone Memorial, a 401unit multifamily project in Houston. In addition, we invested $2,794,000 in oil and natural gas properties and equipment associated with our non-operating working interests and $1,577,000 in property and equipment, software and reforestation and $699,000 in net contributions to unconsolidated ventures. In first nine months 2011, net cash (used for) investing activities was ($5,149,000) and is principally related to $3,414,000 invested in oil and gas properties as non-operating working interests, $662,000 in net contributions to unconsolidated ventures and $1,466,000 in property, equipment, software and reforestation.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

In first nine months 2012, net cash provided by financing activities was $108,354,000. Our net increase in borrowings of $112,555,000 was principally used to fund our acquisition of Credo and our real estate development and acquisition expenditures. We paid $5,209,000 in financing fees primarily related to the amendment and restatement of our senior secured credit facility in third quarter 2012. Also, in third quarter 2012, our outstanding debt decreased by $26,500,000 as a result of selling Broadstone Memorial, a 401 unit multifamily property in Houston and the buyer’s assumption of the debt. In second quarter 2012, our outstanding debt decreased by $30,991,000 as a result of a consolidated venture’s sale of 800 acres in Dallas and the buyer’s assumption of the debt.

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Also, in second quarter 2012, we secured project level financing on a 289 unit multifamily property in Austin with $15,990,000 outstanding at third quarter-end 2012. In first nine months 2011, net cash (used for) financing activities was ($3,912,000) and is principally related to the payment of $3,746,000 in deferred financing fees primarily related to supplementing and amending our senior secured credit facility and $2,126,000 related to repurchasing 172,435 shares of our common stock. This was partially offset by a net increase in our debt of $2,108,000.

Liquidity

On September 14, 2012, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Revolving and Term Credit Agreement in order to consolidate previous amendments and to effect the following principal amendments to: increase the term loan commitment from $130,000,000 to $200,000,000; extend the maturity date of the revolving loan to September 14, 2015 (with a one-year extension option) and of the term loan to September 14, 2017; reduce the interest rate spread over LIBOR from 4.5 percent to 4.0 percent, and eliminate the LIBOR rate floor of 2 percent; increase the minimum interest coverage ratio from 1.05x to 1.50x; reduce the unused fee rate from 0.45 percent per annum to 0.25 percent – 0.35 percent per annum based on usage; and eliminate the minimum value to commitment ratio covenant and replace it with a reduction to the borrowing base to the extent the ratio of the value of assets in the borrowing base to the aggregate commitments under the facility is less than 1.50x.We incurred fees of $5,059,000 related to this amendment. The amendment and restatement of the term loan was an extinguishment of debt under the accounting guidance and as result, we recognized a $4,448,000 loss in third quarter 2012 which is included in interest expense.

On September 28, 2012 we acquired 100 percent of outstanding stock of Credo in an all cash transaction for $14.50 per share, representing an equity purchase price of approximately $146,445,000. In addition, we paid in full $8,770,000 of Credo’s outstanding debt. This transaction was funded with approximately $70,000,000 in borrowings from our term loan, $35,000,000 in borrowings from our revolving line of credit, the balance of which was paid from cash and short-term investments.

At third quarter-end 2012, our senior secured credit facility provides for a $200,000,000 term loan and a $200,000,000 revolving line of credit. The revolving line of credit may be prepaid at any time without penalty. The term loan includes a prepayment fee of one percent if prepaid prior to March 14, 2013. The revolving line of credit includes a $100,000,000 sublimit for letters of credit, of which $2,604,000 is outstanding at third quarter-end 2012. Total borrowings under our senior secured credit facility (including the face amount of letters of credit) may not exceed a borrowing base formula. At third quarter-end 2012, net unused borrowing capacity under our senior secured credit facility is calculated as follows:

	(In thousands)
Borrowing base availability	$	400,000
Less: borrowings		(227,000	)
Less: letters of credit		(2,604	)
Unused borrowing capacity	$	170,396

Our unused borrowing capacity in third quarter 2012 ranged from a high of $170,396,000 to a low of $146,389,000. This facility is used primarily to fund our operating cash needs, which fluctuate due to timing of residential real estate sales, undeveloped land sales, mineral lease bonus payments, timber sales, payment of payables and expenses and capital expenditures.

Our senior secured credit facility and other debt agreements contain financial covenants customary for such agreements including minimum levels of interest coverage and limitations on leverage. At third quarter-end 2012, we were in compliance with the financial covenants of these agreements.

The following table details our compliance with the financial covenants calculated as provided in the senior credit facility:

	Requirement			Third Quarter-End 2012
Financial Covenant
Interest Coverage Ratio (a)		> 1.50:1.0			4.50:1.0
Revenues/Capital Expenditures Ratio (b)		> 1.00:1.0			1.76:1.0
Total Leverage Ratio (c )		£ 40	%		29	%
Net Worth (d)	> $	441 million		$	509 million
Collateral Value to Loan Commitment Ratio (e )		> 1.50:1.0			1.90:1.0

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^(a)  Calculated as EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), plus non-cash compensation expense, plus other non-cash expenses, divided by interest expense excluding loan fees. This covenant is applied at the end of each quarter on a rolling four quarter basis.

^(b)  Calculated as total gross revenues, plus our pro rata share of the operating revenues from unconsolidated ventures, divided by capital expenditures. Capital expenditures are defined as consolidated development and acquisition expenditures plus our pro rata share of unconsolidated ventures’ development and acquisition expenditures. This covenant is applied at the end of each quarter on a rolling four quarter basis.

^(c)  Calculated as total funded debt divided by adjusted asset value. Total funded debt includes indebtedness for borrowed funds, secured liabilities and reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit or similar instruments. Adjusted asset value is defined as the sum of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, timberlands, high value timberlands, raw entitled lands, entitled land under development, minerals business, other real estate owned at book value without regard to any indebtedness and our pro rata share of joint ventures’ book value without regard to any indebtedness. This covenant is applied at the end of each quarter.

^(d)  Calculated as the amount by which consolidated total assets (excluding Credo acquisition goodwill over $50,000,000) exceeds consolidated total liabilities. At third quarter-end 2012, the requirement is $441,000,000, computed as: $441,000,000, plus 85 percent of the aggregate net proceeds received by us from any equity offering, plus 75 percent of all positive net income, on a cumulative basis. This covenant is applied at the end of each quarter.

^(e)  Calculated as the total collateral value of timberland, high value timberland and our minerals business, divided by total aggregate loan commitment. This covenant is applied at the end of each quarter.

To make additional investments, acquisitions, or distributions, we must maintain available liquidity equal to 10% of the aggregate commitments in place. At third quarter-end 2012, the minimum liquidity requirement was $40,000,000, compared with $176,170,000 in actual available liquidity based on the unused borrowing capacity under our senior secured credit facility plus unrestricted cash and cash equivalents. As of third quarter 2012, we were in compliance with these requirements. The failure to maintain such minimum liquidity does not constitute a default or event of default of our senior secured credit facility. In addition, we may elect to make distributions so long as the total leverage ratio is less than 30%, the interest coverage is greater than 3.0:1.0, the revenues / capital expenditures ratio exceeds 3.0:1.0, and available liquidity is not less than $125,000,000.

In second quarter 2012, we obtained a loan for construction of a 289 unit multifamily project located in Austin which provides up to $19,550,000 in financing. The interest rate on the loan is equal to the highest of (i) the lender’s prime rate, (ii) the Federal Funds Open Rate plus 50 basis points, and (iii) the Daily LIBOR Rate plus 100 basis points. The loan has an initial term of 36 months and may be extended for two additional 12-month periods based on certain specified conditions. At third quarter-end 2012, we have $15,990,000 outstanding on this loan.

Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

In 2011, we began construction on a 289 unit multifamily project in Austin, Texas in which the estimated cost at completion, including land, is approximately $31,657,000. At third-quarter end 2012, our investment in this project including land and construction in progress is $30,014,000 with an estimated cost to complete construction of $1,643,000.

In second quarter 2012, CJUF III RH Holdings, an equity method venture in which we own a 25 percent interest, obtained a senior secured construction loan in the amount of $23,936,000 to develop a 257 unit multifamily property in downtown Austin. There is no significant balance outstanding at third quarter-end 2012. We have a construction completion guaranty, a repayment guaranty for 20 percent of the principal balance and unpaid accrued interest, and a standard non-recourse carve-out guaranty. The repayment guaranty will reduce from 20 percent to 0 percent upon achievement of certain conditions.

In second quarter 2012, FMF Peakview, an equity method venture in which we own a 20 percent interest, obtained a senior secured construction loan in the amount of $31,550,000 to develop a 304 unit multifamily property in Denver. There is no balance outstanding at third quarter-end 2012. We have a construction completion guaranty, a repayment guaranty for 25 percent of the principal and unpaid accrued interest, and a standard non-recourse carve-out guaranty.

At third quarter-end 2012, we participate in three partnerships that have total assets of $48,849,000 and total liabilities of $80,283,000, which includes $63,624,000 of borrowings classified as current maturities. These partnerships are managed by third parties who intend to extend or refinance these borrowings; however, there is no assurance that this can be done. Although these borrowings are guaranteed by third parties, we may under certain circumstances elect or be required to provide additional equity to these partnerships. We do not believe that the ultimate resolution of these matters will have a significant effect on our earnings or financial position. Our investment in these partnerships is $1,497,000 at third quarter-end 2012. These three partnerships are variable interest entities.

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Cibolo Canyons — San Antonio, Texas

Cibolo Canyons consists of the JW Marriott ^® San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa development owned by third parties and a mixed-use development we own. We have $79,557,000 invested in Cibolo Canyons at third quarter-end 2012.

Resort Hotel, Spa and Golf Development

In 2007, we entered into agreements to facilitate third party construction and ownership of the JW Marriott ^® San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa, which includes a 1,002 room destination resort and two PGA Tour ^® Tournament Players Club ^® (TPC) golf courses. Under these agreements, we agreed to transfer to third party owners 700 acres of undeveloped land, to provide $30,000,000 cash and to provide $12,700,000 of other consideration principally consisting of golf course construction materials, substantially all of which has been provided.

In exchange for our commitment to the resort, the third party owners assigned to us certain rights under an agreement between the third party owners and a legislatively created Special Improvement District (SID). This agreement includes the right to receive from the SID 9 percent of hotel occupancy revenues and 1.5 percent of other resort sales revenues collected as taxes by the SID through 2034. The amount we receive will be net of annual ad valorem tax reimbursements by the SID to the third party owners of the resort through 2020. In addition, these payments will be net of debt service, if any, on bonds issued by the SID collateralized by hotel occupancy tax and other resort sales tax through 2034.

The amounts we collect under this agreement are dependent on several factors including the amount of revenues generated by and ad valorem taxes imposed on the resort and the amount of any applicable debt service incurred by the SID. As a result, there is significant uncertainty as to the amount and timing of collections under this agreement. Until these uncertainties are clarified, amounts collected under the agreement will be accounted for as a reduction of our investment in the resort development. The resort began operations on January 22, 2010.

In first nine months 2012, we received $1,950,000 in reimbursements from the SID. Since inception, we have received $9,856,000 in reimbursements and have accounted for this as a reduction of our investment. At third quarter-end 2012, we have $33,418,000 invested in the resort development.

Mixed-Use Development

The mixed-use development we own consists of 2,100 acres planned to include approximately 1,475 residential lots and 150 commercial acres designated for multifamily and retail uses, of which 713 lots and 68 commercial acres have been sold through third quarter-end 2012.

In 2007, we entered into an agreement with the SID providing for reimbursement of certain infrastructure costs related to the mixed-use development. Reimbursements are subject to review and approval by the SID and unreimbursed amounts accrue interest at 9.75 percent. The SID’s funding for reimbursements is principally derived from its ad valorem tax collections and bond proceeds collateralized by ad valorem taxes, less debt service on these bonds and annual administrative and public service expenses. Through third quarter-end 2012, we have submitted and received approval for reimbursement of approximately $57,322,000 of infrastructure costs and have received reimbursements totaling $23,070,000. In first nine months 2012, we received $550,000 in reimbursements from the SID. At third quarter-end 2012, we have $34,252,000 in approved and pending reimbursements, excluding interest.

Since the amount of each reimbursement is dependent on several factors, including timing of SID approval and the SID having an adequate tax base to generate funds that can be used to reimburse us, there is uncertainty as to the amount and timing of reimbursements under this agreement. We expect to recover our investment from lot and tract sales and reimbursement of approved infrastructure costs from the SID. We have not recognized income from interest due, but not collected. As these uncertainties are clarified, we will modify our accounting accordingly.

At third quarter-end 2012, we have $46,139,000 invested in the mixed-use development.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies or estimates from those disclosed in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Recent Accounting Standards

Please read Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Statistical and Other Data

A summary of our real estate projects in the entitlement process ^(a) at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

Project	County	Market	Project Acres (b)
California
Hidden Creek Estates	Los Angeles	Los Angeles		700
Terrace at Hidden Hills	Los Angeles	Los Angeles		30
Georgia
Ball Ground	Cherokee	Atlanta		500
Crossing	Coweta	Atlanta		230
Fincher Road	Cherokee	Atlanta		3,890
Fox Hall	Coweta	Atlanta		960
Garland Mountain	Cherokee/Bartow	Atlanta		350
Home Place	Coweta	Atlanta		1,510
Martin’s Bridge	Banks	Atlanta		970
Mill Creek	Coweta	Atlanta		770
Serenity	Carroll	Atlanta		440
Waleska	Cherokee	Atlanta		90
Wolf Creek	Carroll/Douglas	Atlanta		12,230
Yellow Creek	Cherokee	Atlanta		1,060
Texas
Lake Houston	Harris/Liberty	Houston		3,700
San Jacinto	Montgomery	Houston		150
Total				27,580

^(a)  A project is deemed to be in the entitlement process when customary steps necessary for the preparation of an application for governmental land-use approvals, like conducting pre-application meetings or similar discussions with governmental officials, have commenced, or an application has been filed. Projects listed may have significant steps remaining, and there is no assurance that entitlements ultimately will be received.

^(b)  Project acres, which are the total for the project regardless of our ownership interest, are approximate. The actual number of acres entitled may vary.

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A summary of activity within our projects in the development process, which includes entitled ^(a), developed and under development real estate projects, at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

						Residential Lots (c)				Commercial Acres (d)
Project	County	Market	Interest Owned  (b)			Lots Sold Since Inception		Lots Remaining		Acres Sold Since Inception		Acres Remaining  (f)
Projects we own
California
San Joaquin River	Contra Costa/Sacramento	Oakland		100	%		—		—		—		288
Colorado
Buffalo Highlands	Weld	Denver		100	%		—		164		—		—
Johnstown Farms	Weld	Denver		100	%		162		451		2		7
Pinery West	Douglas	Denver		100	%		—		—		—		111
Stonebraker	Weld	Denver		100	%		—		603		—		—
Texas
Arrowhead Ranch	Hays	Austin		100	%		—		259		—		6
Bar C Ranch	Tarrant	Dallas/Fort Worth		100	%		292		907		—		—
Barrington Kingwood	Harris	Houston		100	%		35		145		—		—
Cibolo Canyons	Bexar	San Antonio		100	%		713		762		68		82
Harbor Lakes	Hood	Dallas/Fort Worth		100	%		203		246		2		19
Hunter’s Crossing	Bastrop	Austin		100	%		390		100		38		71
La Conterra	Williamson	Austin		100	%		103		397		—		58
Maxwell Creek	Collin	Dallas/Fort Worth		100	%		781		218		10		—
Oak Creek Estates	Comal	San Antonio		100	%		131		516		13		—
Stoney Creek	Dallas	Dallas/Fort Worth		100	%		141		613		—		—
Summer Creek Ranch	Tarrant	Dallas/Fort Worth		100	%		819		455		35		44
Summer Lakes	Fort Bend	Houston		100	%		462		668		56		—
Summer Park (g)	Fort Bend	Houston		100	%		—		210		27		63
The Colony	Bastrop	Austin		100	%		432		717		22		31
The Preserve at Pecan Creek	Denton	Dallas/Fort Worth		100	%		356		438		—		7
Village Park	Collin	Dallas/Fort Worth		100	%		408		163		3		2
Village Park North	Collin	Dallas/Fort Worth		100	%		75		114		—		—
Westside at Buttercup Creek	Williamson	Austin		100	%		1,398		98		66		—
Other projects (10)	Various	Various		100	%		2,493		171		211		19
Georgia
Seven Hills	Paulding	Atlanta		100	%		646		441		26		113
The Villages at Burt Creek	Dawson	Atlanta		100	%		—		1,715		—		57
Towne West	Bartow	Atlanta		100	%		—		2,674		—		121
Other projects (17)	Various	Atlanta		100	%		1,724		2,970		3		705
Florida
Other projects (3)	Various	Tampa		100	%		708		137		—		—
Missouri and Utah
Other projects (2)	Various	Various		100	%		477		77		—		—
							12,949		16,429		582		1,804

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Projects in entities we consolidate
Texas
City Park	Harris	Houston	75	%	1,201	110	50	115
Lantana	Denton	Dallas/Fort Worth	55	%(e)	911	1,381	—	—
Timber Creek	Collin	Dallas/Fort Worth	88	%	—	614	—	—
Willow Creek	Walter/Fort Bend	Houston	90	%	—	231	—	—
Other projects (3)	Various	Various	Various		7	202	16	148
Georgia
The Georgian	Paulding	Atlanta	75	%	289	1,052	—	—
					2,408	3,590	66	263
Total owned and consolidated					15,357	20,019	648	2,067
Projects in ventures that we account for using the equity method
Texas
Entrada	Travis	Austin	50	%	—	821	—	—
Fannin Farms West	Tarrant	Dallas/Fort Worth	50	%	324	24	—	12
Harper’s Preserve	Montgomery	Houston	50	%	153	1,572	—	72
Lantana	Denton	Dallas/Fort Worth	Various	(e)	1,451	81	16	42
Long Meadow Farms	Fort Bend	Houston	37	%	967	828	107	192
Southern Trails	Brazoria	Houston	80	%	553	430	—	—
Stonewall Estates	Bexar	San Antonio	50	%	299	89	—	—
Other projects (1)	Nueces	Corpus Christi	50	%	—	—	—	15
Total in ventures					3,747	3,845	123	333
Combined total					19,104	23,864	771	2,400

^(a)  A project is deemed entitled when all major discretionary governmental land-use approvals have been received. Some projects may require additional permits and/or non-governmental authorizations for development.

^(b)  Interest owned reflects our net equity interest in the project, whether owned directly or indirectly. There are some projects that have multiple ownership structures within them. Accordingly, portions of these projects may appear as owned, consolidated or accounted for using the equity method.

^(c)  Lots are for the total project, regardless of our ownership interest. Lots remaining represent vacant developed lots, lots under development and future planned lots and are subject to change based on business plan revisions.

^(d)  Commercial acres are for the total project, regardless of our ownership interest, and are net developable acres, which may be fewer than the gross acres available in the project.

^(e)  The Lantana project consists of a series of 25 partnerships in which our voting interests range from 25 percent to 55 percent. We account for three of these partnerships using the equity method and we consolidate the remaining partnerships.

^(f)  Excludes acres associated with commercial and income producing properties.

^(g)  Formerly Waterford Park.

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A summary of our significant commercial and income producing properties at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

Project	County	Market	Interest Owned  (a)			Type	Acres		Description
Radisson Hotel	Travis	Austin		100	%	Hotel		2	413 guest rooms and suites
Las Brisas	Williamson	Austin		59	%	Multifamily		30	414 unit luxury apartment
Promesa (b) (c)	Travis	Austin		100	%	Multifamily		16	289 unit luxury apartment
Eleven(c)	Travis	Austin		25	%	Multifamily		3	257 unit luxury apartment
360° (c)	Arapahoe	Denver		20	%	Multifamily		4	304 unit luxury apartment

^(a)  Interest owned reflects our total interest in the project, whether owned directly or indirectly.

^(b)  Formerly marketed as Ridge at Ribelin Ranch.

^(c)  A project is deemed under construction when off-site or on-site staging or construction activities have commenced. Some projects may require additional permits or authorizations prior to commencing certain activities.

Please see page 35 for information regarding the resort hotel, spa and golf development at Cibolo Canyons.

Mineral Interests Owned

A summary of our oil and natural gas mineral interests ^(a) owned at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

State	Unleased		Leased (b)		Held By Production (c)		Total (d)
	(Net acres)
Texas		201,000		25,000		26,000		252,000
Louisiana		120,000		12,000		12,000		144,000
Georgia		155,000		—		—		155,000
Alabama		40,000		—		—		40,000
California		1,000		—		—		1,000
Indiana		1,000		—		—		1,000
		518,000		37,000		38,000		593,000

^(a)  Includes ventures.

^(b)  Includes leases in primary lease term or for which a delay rental payment has been received. In the ordinary course of business, leases covering a significant portion of leased net mineral acres may expire from time to time in a single reporting period.

^(c)  Acres being held by production are producing oil or natural gas in paying quantities.

^(d)  Texas, Louisiana, California and Indiana net acres are calculated as the gross number of surface acres multiplied by our percentage ownership of the mineral interest. Georgia and Alabama net acres are calculated as the gross number of surface acres multiplied by our estimated percentage ownership of the mineral interest based on county sampling. Excludes 477 net mineral acres located in Colorado including 379 acres are leased and 29 acres are held by production.

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A summary of our Texas and Louisiana mineral acres owned ^(a) by county or parish at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

Texas			Louisiana
County	Net Acres		Parish	Net Acres
Trinity		46,000	Beauregard		79,000
Angelina		42,000	Vernon		39,000
Houston		29,000	Calcasieu		17,000
Anderson		25,000	Allen		7,000
Cherokee		24,000	Rapides		1,000
Sabine		23,000	Other		1,000
Red River		14,000			144,000
Newton		13,000
San Augustine		13,000
Jasper		12,000
Other		11,000
		252,000

^(a)  Includes ventures.

Mineral Interests Leased

A summary of our net mineral acres leased from others and net leased acres held by production principally as a result of our September 28, 2012 acquisition of Credo follows:

			Held By
State	Undeveloped		Production		Total
	(Net Acres)
Nebraska		53,000		2,000		55,000
Kansas		43,000		3,000		46,000
Oklahoma		—		17,000		17,000
North Dakota		4,000		2,000		6,000
Texas		1,000		2,000		3,000
Other (a)		5,000		10,000		15,000
		106,000		36,000		142,000

^(a)  Includes approximately 8,000 net acres of overriding royalty interests.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Our interest rate risk is principally related to our variable-rate debt. Interest rate changes impact earnings due to the resulting increase or decrease in the cost of our variable-rate debt, which is $273,220,000 at third quarter-end 2012 and $191,656,000 at year-end 2011.

The following table illustrates the estimated effect on our pre-tax income of immediate, parallel, and sustained shifts in interest rates for the next 12 months on our variable-rate debt at third quarter-end 2012, with comparative year-end 2011 information. This estimate assumes that debt reductions from contractual payments will be replaced with short-term, variable-rate debt; however, that may not be the financing alternative we choose.

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Change in Interest Rates	Third Quarter-End 2012			Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
+2%	$	(5,821	)	$	(3,296	)
+1%		(2,732	)		(1,917	)
-1%		2,732			1,917
-2%		5,464			3,833

Foreign Currency Risk

We have no exposure to foreign currency fluctuations.

Commodity Price Risk

In third quarter 2012, we had no derivative or hedging contracts.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or the Exchange Act)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act and are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Except as described below, there have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

In connection with our definitive agreement to acquire Credo, four purported class action lawsuits and one lawsuit that seeks certification as a class action have been filed against Credo, its board of directors and us. These actions generally allege that Credo and its board of directors breached fiduciary duties to Credo stockholders with respect to the transaction. The five actions also allege that we aided and abetted the alleged breaches. The plaintiffs’ allegations include that the consideration paid to acquire Credo is inadequate. Two of the five cases were voluntarily dismissed. On September 14, 2012, parties to the Delaware actions entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to settle those actions. The MOU is contingent on confirmatory discovery and court approval of the settlement. The MOU provides that in consideration of supplemental disclosures filed by Credo with the SEC on September 14, 2012, the final settlement will include a release of all asserted claims. The MOU does not include one case pending in Colorado, but the settlement, if approved by the Delaware Court of Chancery, would release the claims asserted in the Colorado action. We believe that the claims in all cases are without merit and intend to defend the actions vigorously.

Credo has filed a lawsuit for declaratory judgment regarding its contract rights under two agreements with a third party that in the aggregate involve five to ten percent of Credo’s participating interest in most of its leases in North Dakota. The third party has asserted certain counterclaims. We believe that the counterclaims are without merit and intend to defend them vigorously.

We are involved in various other legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of doing business and believe that adequate reserves have been established for any probable losses. We do not believe that the outcome of any of these proceedings should have a significant adverse effect on our financial position, long-term results of operations or cash flows. It is possible, however, that charges related to these matters could be significant to our results or cash flows in any one accounting period.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

There are no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K, other than the addition of the following risk factors.

We may be unable to realize the expected benefits of acquiring CREDO Petroleum Corporation (Credo), and the Credo acquisition may adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

The success of the Credo acquisition will depend, in part, on our ability to achieve the synergies and value creation from combining our existing business with that of Credo. It will also depend, in part, on our ability to promptly and effectively integrate Credo’s operations into our existing operations and integrate Credo’s employees into our Company. The integration of Credo’s business may result in unforeseen expenses. In addition, our increased indebtedness and higher debt-to-equity ratio following the Credo acquisition may have the effect, among other things, of reducing our flexibility to respond to changing business or economic conditions and will increase interest costs. In addition, it is possible that, in connection with the Credo acquisition, our capital expenditures could be higher than we anticipated and that we may not realize the expected benefits of such capital expenditures. Credo’s leased acreage is subject to expiration in the ordinary course of business and as a result the gross and net acres acquired could decrease materially in subsequent reporting periods if delay rentals are not paid or if the acreage is not held by production. As a result of the Credo acquisition, based on the preliminary purchase price allocation, we recorded goodwill and other intangibles of approximately $55,954,000. If we are unable to successfully integrate the Credo operations, there can be no assurance that such changes would not materially impact the carrying value of our goodwill.

Our operations are subject to the numerous risks of oil and gas drilling and production activities.

Our oil and gas drilling and production activities are subject to numerous risks, many of which are beyond our control. These risks include the risk of fire, explosions, blow-outs, pipe failure, abnormally pressured formations and environmental hazards. Environmental hazards include oil spills, gas leaks, ruptures, discharges of toxic gases, underground migration and surface spills or mishandling of any toxic fracture fluids, including chemical additives. In addition, title problems, weather conditions and mechanical difficulties or shortages or delays in delivery of drilling rigs and other equipment could negatively affect our operations. If any of these or other similar industry operating risks occur, we could have substantial losses. Substantial losses also may result from injury or loss of life, severe damage to or destruction of property, clean-up responsibilities, environmental damage, regulatory investigation and penalties and suspension of operations. In accordance with industry practice, we maintain insurance against some, but not all, of the risks described above. We cannot assure you that our insurance will be adequate to cover losses or liabilities. Also, we cannot predict the continued availability of insurance at premium levels that justify its purchase.

We may not find any commercially productive oil and gas reservoirs.

There is no assurance that new wells we drill will be productive or that we will recover all or any portion of our capital investment in the wells. In addition, drilling for oil and gas may be unprofitable. Wells that are productive but do not produce sufficient net revenues after drilling, operating and other costs are unprofitable.

Expenditures related to drilling activities could lead to higher levels of indebtedness.

We expect increasing drilling expenditures that we plan to pay for with cash flow from operations and borrowings under our senior secured credit facility. We cannot assure you that we will have sufficient capital resources in the future to finance all of our planned drilling expenditures. If cash flows from operations decrease for any reason, our ability to undertake exploration and development activities could be adversely affected and we may have to borrow additional capital under our credit facility to finance such activities. Such borrowings, if available, could lead to higher levels of indebtedness, limiting our financial and operating flexibility and limiting our ability to comply with the debt covenants under our credit facility.

The lack of availability or high cost of drilling rigs, equipment, supplies, personnel and oil field services could adversely affect our ability to execute our exploitation and development plans on a timely basis and within our budget.

From time to time, there are shortages of drilling rigs, equipment, supplies, oil field services or qualified personnel. During these periods, the costs and delivery times of rigs, equipment and supplies are substantially greater. In addition, the demand for, and wage rates of, qualified drilling rig crews rise as the number of active rigs in service increases. During times and in areas of increased activity, the demand for oilfield services will also likely rise, and the costs of these services will likely increase, while the quality of these services may suffer. If the lack of availability or high cost of drilling rigs, equipment, supplies, oil field services or qualified personnel were particularly severe in any of our areas of operation, we could be materially and adversely affected. Delays could also have an adverse effect on our results of operations, including the timing of the initiation of production from new wells.

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Our drilling operations may be curtailed, delayed or cancelled as a result of a variety of factors that are beyond our control.

Our drilling operations are subject to a number of risks, including:

• unexpected drilling conditions;

• facility or equipment failure or accidents;

• adverse weather conditions;

• title problems;

• unusual or unexpected geological formations;

• fires, blowouts and explosions; and

• uncontrollable flows of oil or gas or well fluids.

The occurrence of any of these events could adversely affect our ability to conduct operations or cause substantial losses, including personal injury or loss of life, damage to or destruction of property, natural resources and equipment, pollution or other environmental contamination, loss of wells, regulatory penalties, suspension of operations, and attorney’s fees and other expenses incurred in the prosecution or defense of litigation.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities ^(a)

Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased (b)		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
Month 1 (7/1/2012 — 7/31/2012)		—	$	—		—		5,092,305
Month 2 (8/1/2012 — 8/31/2012)		—	$	—		—		5,092,305
Month 3 (9/1/2012 — 9/30/2012)		1,117	$	18.05		—		5,092,305
Total		1,117	$	18.05		—

^(a)  On February 11, 2009, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 7,000,000 shares of our common stock. We have purchased 1,907,695 shares under this authorization, which has no expiration date. We have no repurchase plans or programs that expired during the period covered by the table above and no repurchase plans or programs that we intend to terminate prior to expiration or under which we no longer intend to make further purchases.

^(b)  Represents shares withheld to pay taxes in connection with vesting of restricted stock awards and exercises of stock options.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits

10.1	Second Amended and Restated Revolving and Term Credit Agreement dated September 14, 2012, by and among the Company; Forestar (USA) Real Estate Group Inc. and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries signatory thereto; KeyBank National Association, as lender, swing line lender and agent, the lenders party thereto; and the other parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2012).
10.2	Consulting Agreement, dated effective as of October 1, 2012, by and between Forestar (USA) Real Estate Group Inc. and Craig A. Knight.
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.1	The following materials from Forestar’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	FORESTAR GROUP INC.
Date: November 9, 2012	By:	/s/ Christopher L. Nines
		Christopher L. Nines
		Chief Financial Officer

By:	/s/ Charles D. Jehl
	Charles D. Jehl
	Chief Accounting Officer

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EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

CONSULTING AGREEMENT

This Agreement is made and entered into by and between Craig A. Knight (“Consultant”) and Forestar (USA) Real Estate Group Inc., whose address is 6300 Bee Cave Rd. Building 2, Suite 500, Austin, Travis County, Texas (“Forestar”) for the purposes and considerations as hereinafter set forth.

1. Services to be Rendered: Consultant shall render advice and assistance to Forestar as directed by Bruce Dickson, which shall include but not be limited to entitlement efforts, acquisitions assistance, negotiations regarding land sales and co-investor/partner relations, as more specifically described in a schedule or schedules to be issued by Forestar from time to time during the term of this Agreement. Consultant shall be provided with office space at the Austin and Dallas office locations.

2. Term: This Agreement shall be for a primary term of 12 months beginning October 1, 2012 and ending September 30, 2013. Thereafter, this Agreement may be extended by mutual agreement for successive 6-month terms until terminated. This Agreement may be terminated at will without cause by either party on ten days notice to the other party.

3. Fees and Reimbursement:

A. During the term of this Agreement, Consultant shall be paid at the rate of $22,000 per month. By mutual agreement Consultant may be paid an incentive or incentives based on accomplishing agreed objectives.

B. In addition, Consultant shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary business expenses incurred in the performance of his services.

C. Consultant shall invoice Forestar monthly indicating on such invoice any amount due for reimbursement for expenses and providing copies of receipts for expenses exceeding $75.

4. Independent Consultant:

A. The parties agree that Consultant is an independent contractor and not an employee of Forestar; therefore, Forestar looks to Consultant for results only. Consultant understands and agrees that as an independent contractor, Consultant is fully responsible for payment of any and all FICA (Social Security), income, and other taxes that may accrue as the result of any fees paid hereunder. Forestar shall not withhold same from any fees paid pursuant to this Agreement. Consultant agrees to pay any such taxes as they become due and shall indemnify and hold Forestar harmless from claims for any such taxes or for the failure to withhold and pay such taxes.

B. As an independent contractor, Consultant shall not be obligated to provide the above services to Forestar on an exclusive basis and shall have the right to work for other parties from time to time and at any time during the term hereof, so long as such work does not create a conflict of interest, and/or involve work for any competing company, association, project, property or individual(s) who are involved in real estate development or any business similar to that of Forestar’s.

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C. Consultant hereby agrees to keep strictly confidential any information, technology, or trade secrets of Forestar disclosed to or observed by Consultant during the term of this Agreement and subsequent to the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

5. Confidentiality. Consultant agrees to hold in confidence, and not to disclose to third parties or use for any purpose other than performance of services, all or any part of the Information (including the location and type of services performed), maps, photographs (including negatives and digital images), video recordings, audio recordings, data, plans, reports, manuscripts, procedures, schedules, drawings, specifications, results, models, computer programs or any services product which is (i) received or ascertained by Consultant, directly or indirectly, from Forestar, its licensors or other contractors, or any member or members of the project for which the services are performed; or (ii) originated or otherwise acquired by Consultant, in connection with, as a result of, or incident to performance of services (“Information”).

Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous paragraphs, Consultant shall not be subject to any restriction hereunder with respect to any part of such material which (a) appears in issued patents or publications; (b) is known or becomes generally known to the relevant public through no fault of Consultant; (c) is independently generated by Consultant without use of the Information; (d) is furnished to others by Forestar without restriction on disclosure; or (e) was or becomes known to Consultant through other sources free of any confidentiality restriction.

Consultant agrees that, except as required for performance of services, neither Consultant nor its representatives shall make any photographs, video recordings or sound recordings of the services or of Forestar’s facilities. All copies of any photographs (including negatives and digital images), video recordings and audio recordings made by Consultant or its representatives at any time shall become the exclusive property of Forestar. Consultant shall not use Forestar’s name or the name of any Forestar affiliate in any promotional material or make any publicity release regarding services hereunder or Information without first obtaining the written permission of Forestar.

6. Ownership of Work Products: All technical data, evaluations, reports, and other work product of Consultant hereunder shall become the property of Forestar and shall be delivered to Forestar upon completion of services authorized hereunder. Consultant may retain copies for his files and internal use. Publication or teaching of information directly derived from work performed or data obtained in connection with services rendered under this Agreement must first be approved in writing by Forestar.

7. Entire Agreement: This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all negotiations, proposals, and prior agreements, if any, between the parties. This Agreement may only be modified or amended in writing signed by both parties hereto. Failure by either party to enforce or require strict compliance or performance by the other party hereto of any of the provisions in this Agreement shall not constitute a future waiver of all such provisions and shall not affect or impair in any way said party’s rights at any time to enforce said provisions or to avail itself of such remedies as it may have for any breach thereof.

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8. Governing Law: This Agreement is performable in Austin, Travis County, Texas and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas.

EXECUTED TO BE EFFECTIVE as of the 1^st day of October, 2012.

FORESTAR:
Forestar (USA) Real Estate Group Inc.
By:	/s/ Bruce Dickson
	Bruce Dickson
	Chief Real Estate Officer
CONSULTANT:
/s/ Craig A. Knight
Craig A. Knight

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(a)

I, James M. DeCosmo, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Forestar Group Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ James M. DeCosmo

James M. DeCosmo

Chief Executive Officer

Date: November 9, 2012

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(a)

I, Christopher L. Nines, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Forestar Group Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ Christopher L. Nines

Christopher L. Nines

Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 9, 2012

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, James M. DeCosmo, Chief Executive Officer of Forestar Group Inc., hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge, this quarterly report on Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Forestar Group Inc.

/s/ James M. DeCosmo

James M. DeCosmo

Date: November 9, 2012

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Christopher L. Nines, Chief Financial Officer of Forestar Group Inc., hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge, this quarterly report on Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Forestar Group Inc.

/s/ Christopher L. Nines

Christopher L. Nines

Date: November 9, 2012

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Timber - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Non-cash cost of timber cut and sold	$ 868,000	$ 856,000
Georgia [Member]
Timber owned directly or through ventures	129,000
Acres of timber under lease	17,000
Non-cash cost of timber cut and sold	$ 868,000	$ 856,000

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Capital Stock (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Options to purchase shares of common stock	969,000
Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders to purchase, conditions	One one-hundredth of a share of newly issued Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
Preferred Stock exercise price	100
Minimum percentage of beneficial ownership to acquire exercisable rights	20.00%
Redemption price of rights	$ 0.001
Redemption time of rights	10 days
Expiry date of rights	Dec. 11, 2017
Common Stock [Member]
Weighted average exercise price	$ 22.59
Weighted average remaining contractual term	3 years
Aggregate intrinsic value	$ 1,042,000

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Receivables - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 28, 2012
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan secured by real estate		$ 19,063,000	$ 20,666,000
Average interest rates		5.65%	7.16%
Principal amount after reorganization	33,900,000
Maturity date of principal amount after reorganization	Apr. 17, 2012
Interest accrue percentage till year three	9.00%
Interest accrue percentage year four	10.00%
Interest accrue percentage year five	12.00%
Principal amount of loan received		2,704,000
Interest amount of loan received		1,148,000
Outstanding principal balance		31,196,000
Due period of notes receivable as secured by deed of trust	3 years
Receivables				9,213,000
Credo [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Receivables		9,213,000
Loan Secured By Real Estate [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loan secured by real estate		$ 19,063,000
Minimum [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Forgiven interest rate	6.25%

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Share Based Compensation (Summarized Activity of Stock Option Awards) (Detail) (Stock Options [Member], USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Balance at beginning of period, Aggregate Intrinsic Value	$ 944,000
Balance at end of period, Aggregate Intrinsic Value	1,532,000
Exercisable at end of period, Aggregate Intrinsic Value	$ 974,000
Balance at beginning of year, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	7 years
Balance at end of period, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	7 years
Exercisable at end of period, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	6 years
Balance at beginning of year, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 22.22
Granted, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 15.94
Exercised, Weighted Average Exercise Price
Forfeited, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 16.89
Balance at end of period, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 20.53
Exercisable at end of period, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 23.66
Balance at beginning of year, Options Outstanding	1,284,000
Granted, Options Outstanding	473,000
Exercised, Options Outstanding
Forfeited, Options Outstanding	(1,000)
Balance at end of period, Options Outstanding	1,756,000
Exercisable at end of period, Options Outstanding	975,000

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Net Income per Share (Earnings Attributable to Common Shareholders and Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Earnings (loss) available to common shareholders:
Consolidated net income (loss)	$ (380)	$ 36,965	$ 4,588	$ 30,935
Less: Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	(323)	(537)	(1,678)	(901)
Net income (loss) attributable to Forestar Group Inc.	$ (703)	$ 36,428	$ 2,910	$ 30,034
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic	35,233	35,514	35,204	35,482
Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock and equity-settled awards		282	233	395
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted	35,233	35,796	35,437	35,877
Anti-dilutive awards excluded from diluted weighted average shares outstanding	2,661	2,250	2,582	1,998

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Receivables (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total	$ 33,267	$ 23,343
Allowance for bad debts	(62)	(62)
Receivables, net	33,205	23,281
Loan Secured By Real Estate [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total	19,063	20,666
Notes Receivable [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total	668	1,817
Receivables And Accrued Interest [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total	$ 13,536	$ 860

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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Components of Share-Based Compensation Expense (Income)

Share-based compensation expense (income) consists of:

	Third Quarter					First Nine Months
	2012		2011			2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Cash-settled awards	$	4,547	$	(4,893	)	$	4,829	$	(4,212	)
Equity-settled awards		609		265			2,438		676
Restricted stock		514		612			1,636		1,882
Stock options		657		463			2,588		2,053
	$	6,327	$	(3,553	)	$	11,491	$	399

Share-Based Compensation Expense (Income) Included in Operating Expense

Share-based compensation expense (income) is included in:

	Third Quarter					First Nine Months
	2012		2011			2012		2011
	(In thousands)
General and administrative expense	$	3,298	$	(2,057	)	$	5,528	$	(234	)
Other operating expense		3,029		(1,496	)		5,963		633
	$	6,327	$	(3,553	)	$	11,491	$	399

Summarized Activity of Cash-Settled Restricted Stock Unit Awards

The following table summarizes the activity of cash-settled restricted stock unit awards in first nine months 2012:

	Equivalent Units			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(Per unit)
Non-vested at beginning of year		449		$	13.13
Granted		187			16.11
Vested		(286	)		10.32
Forfeited		—			—
Non-vested at end of period		350		$	17.03

Summarized Activity of Cash-Settled Stock Appreciation Rights

The following table summarizes the activity of cash-settled stock appreciation rights in first nine months 2012:

	Rights Outstanding			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (Current Value Less Exercise Price)
	(In thousands)			(Per share)		(In years)		(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of year		895		$	11.31		7	$	3,986
Granted		—			—
Exercised		(22	)		9.29
Forfeited		—			—
Balance at end of period		873		$	11.36		7	$	4,870
Exercisable at end of period		625		$	10.88		7	$	3,744

Summarized Activity of Equity-Settled Awards

The following table summarizes the activity of equity-settled awards in first nine months 2012:

	Equivalent Units			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(Per share)
Non-vested at beginning of year		159		$	20.74
Granted		311			17.13
Vested		(102	)		15.26
Forfeited		—			—
Non-vested at end of period		368		$	19.20

Summarized Activity of Restricted Stock Awards

The following table summarizes the activity of restricted stock awards in first nine months 2012:

	Restricted Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(Per share)
Non-vested at beginning of year		399		$	15.02
Granted		—			—
Vested		(183	)		12.65
Forfeited		—			—
Non-vested at end of period		216		$	17.03

Summarized Activity of Stock Option Awards

The following table summarizes the activity of stock option awards in first nine months 2012:

	Options Outstanding			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (Current Value Less Exercise Price)
	(In thousands)			(Per share)		(In years)		(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of year		1,284		$	22.22		7	$	944
Granted		473			15.94
Exercised		—			—
Forfeited		(1	)		16.89
Balance at end of period		1,756		$	20.53		7	$	1,532
Exercisable at end of period		975		$	23.66		6	$	974

Fair Value of Stock Options Using Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model

We estimate the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions:

	First Nine Months
	2012			2011
Expected dividend yield		—	%		—	%
Expected stock price volatility		60.2	%		56.2	%
Risk-free interest rate		1.3	%		2.4	%
Expected life of options (years)		6			6
Weighted average estimated fair value of options granted	$	9.22		$	10.11

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 acre	Sep. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Environmental Remediation Expense [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies Cost To Complete [Line Items]
Percent of leasing participating interest		5.00%	10.00%
Area for which certificate of completion received	288
Portion of site for which certificate not received	80
Cost to complete remediation activities				$ 2,199,000

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Share Based Compensation (Fair Value of Stock Options Using Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model) (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Share Based Payment Award Stock Options Valuation Assumptions [Line Items]
Expected dividend yield
Expected stock price volatility	60.20%	56.20%
Risk-free interest rate	1.30%	2.40%
Expected life of options (years)	6 years	6 years
Weighted average estimated fair value of options granted	$ 9.22	$ 10.11

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Real Estate (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Real Estate

Real estate consists of:

	Third Quarter-End 2012				Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Entitled, developed and under development projects		$	357,673			$	383,026
Undeveloped land			84,006				80,076
Commercial and income producing properties
Carrying value			94,239				129,220
Accumulated depreciation			(27,315	)			(26,955	)
Net carrying value			66,924				102,265
		$	508,603			$	565,367

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Debt (Detail) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt	$ 276,651,000	$ 221,587,000
Secured Promissory Notes [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt	31,390,000	41,900,000
Other Indebtedness [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt	18,261,000	49,687,000
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt	27,000,000
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Term Loan Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt	$ 200,000,000	$ 130,000,000

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Investment In Unconsolidated Ventures - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012 Venture	Mar. 31, 2012 Lot	Sep. 30, 2012 Venture	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Austin [Member] Property	Jun. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 CJUF III RH Holdings [Member] Venture Property	Jun. 30, 2012 CJUF III RH Holdings [Member] Property	Sep. 30, 2012 CJUF III RH Holdings [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Palisades West [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Palisades West [Member] Venture	Dec. 31, 2011 Palisades West [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 FMF Peakview [Member] Venture Property	Sep. 30, 2012 FMF Peakview [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of ventures under ownership interest using equity method			13
Number of newly formed Unconsolidated ventures	2
Number of multifamily property to be developed							257			257	257					304
Ownership Interest in ventures										25.00%	25.00%					20.00%
Percentage of ownership held by joint venture partner											75.00%					80.00%
Reimbursements received from the ventures										$ 3,718,000						$ 7,243,000
Senior secured construction loan										23,936,000	23,936,000					31,550,000
Interest at LIBOR plus on Senior Secured Construction Loan										2.00%	2.00%					2.25%
Initial Term of construction loan										36 months						36 months
Number of additional extended term										2						2
Period of each additional extended term										12 months						12 months
Repayment guaranty of completion of the improvements										20.00%						25.00%
Reduction in repayment guaranty								20.00%	0.00%
Investment in venture			43,041,000			64,223,000						4,077,000			20,412,000		2,143,000
No. of residential and mixed use real estate projects acquisitions		17
Purchase price of acquisitions, Total		47,000,000	146,445,000
Purchase price of acquisitions, Real estate		31,891,000
Purchase price of acquisitions, Investment in unconsolidated ventures		14,236,000
Sales of ownership interest in ventures														25.00%
No. of office building														2
Gain on sales of ownership interest in ventures													11,675,000
Proceeds from sales of ownership interest in ventures			32,095,000	32,095,000
Investment in other venture			1,684,000		1,350,000
Distributions of return on investments and earnings			1,501,000		5,995,000
Performance bonds and letters of credit on ventures			26,888,000
Performance bonds and letters of credit on ventures related to the development and construction of multifamily property							$ 26,577,000

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Real Estate (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Entitled, developed and under development projects	$ 357,673	$ 383,026
Undeveloped land	84,006	80,076
Carrying Value	94,239	129,220
Accumulated depreciation	(27,315)	(26,955)
Net carrying value	66,924	102,265
Total Real Estate	$ 508,603	$ 565,367

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Debt - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012 acre	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Loss recognized on extinguishment of debt		$ 4,448,000
Business acquisition purchase price	$ 14.50	$ 14.50				$ 14.50
Business acquisition cost	146,445,000	146,445,000				146,445,000		47,000,000
Payment for outstanding debt	8,770,000
Debt	276,651,000	276,651,000				276,651,000			221,587,000
Received in net proceeds from consolidated venture's sale of project		29,474,000	24,294,000			24,294,000
Gain on sale of real estate assets		10,180,000
Amount of Indebtedness Decreased Due to Sale of Light			30,991,000
Area of consolidated venture light farms project					800
Proceeds from sale of multi family property						29,474,000
Gain on sale of real estate assets		10,196,000	3,401,000	61,784,000		25,506,000	61,965,000
Unamortized deferred financing fees	6,471,000	6,471,000				6,471,000
Amortization of deferred financing fees						2,290,000	2,161,000
Term Loans [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Transaction cost funded	70,000,000
Secured Promissory Notes [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt	31,390,000	31,390,000				31,390,000			41,900,000
Other Indebtedness [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt	18,261,000	18,261,000				18,261,000			49,687,000
Carrying value of property to secure borrowing	64,781,000	64,781,000				64,781,000
Amount of Indebtedness Decreased Due to Sale of Multifamily project						26,500,000
Amount of Indebtedness Decreased Due to Sale of Light					30,991,000
Austin [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Guest room hotel	413	413				413
Multifamily project	289	289				289
Austin [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Multifamily loan in construction financing	19,550,000	19,550,000				19,550,000
Austin [Member] | Secured Debt [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt	15,400,000	15,400,000				15,400,000
Austin [Member] | Secured Promissory Notes [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt	15,990,000	15,990,000				15,990,000
Carrying value of multifamily project to secure non recourse loan	20,098,000	20,098,000				20,098,000
Carrying value of property to secure borrowing	30,014,000	30,014,000				30,014,000
Houston [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Multifamily project	401	401				401
Revolving Line Of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Transaction cost funded	35,000,000
Revolving Line Of Credit [Member] | Letter of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Sublimit for letters of credit outstanding	2,604,000	2,604,000				2,604,000
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Borrow at LIBOR after Amendment	4.00%	4.00%				4.00%
Borrow at LIBOR before Amendment	4.50%	4.50%				4.50%
Eliminated LIBOR Rate	2.00%
Interest coverage ratio	1.05
Interest coverage ratio	1.50
Reduction in unused fee rate	0.45%
Incurred fee related to amendment	5,059,000
Loss recognized on extinguishment of debt						4,448,000
Borrow at Libor			4.00%		4.00%
Percentage Of Variable Spread On Base Rate					3.00%
Percentage Of Spread On Federal Funds Effective Rate					0.50%
Debt Instrument Basis Spread Over Variable Rate					1.00%
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Reduction in unused fee rate	0.35%
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Reduction in unused fee rate	0.25%
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maturity period of revolving line of credit	Sep. 14, 2015
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Letter of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Ratio of value of assets in the borrowing base to the aggregate commitments under the facility	1.50	1.50				1.50
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Revolving Line Of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity under term Loan facility	200,000,000	200,000,000				200,000,000
Net unused borrowing capacity	170,396,000	170,396,000				170,396,000
Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Term Loan Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maturity period of revolving line of credit	Sep. 14, 2017
Maximum borrowing capacity under term Loan facility	200,000,000	200,000,000				200,000,000
Prior Prepayment Fees		1.00%
Debt	200,000,000	200,000,000				200,000,000			130,000,000
Sublimit For Letters Of Credit [Member] | Revolving Line Of Credit [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Sublimit for letters of credit under line of credit facility	$ 100,000,000	$ 100,000,000				$ 100,000,000

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Share Based Compensation (Summarized Activity of Cash-Settled Stock Appreciation Rights) (Detail) (Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member], USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Balance at beginning of year, Aggregate Intrinsic Value	$ 3,986
Balance at end of period, Aggregate Intrinsic Value	4,870
Exercisable at end of period, Aggregate Intrinsic Value	$ 3,744
Balance at beginning of year, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	7 years
Balance at end of period, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	7 years
Exercisable at end of period, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	7 years
Balance at beginning of year, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 11.31
Granted, Weighted Average Exercise Price
Exercised, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 9.29
Forfeited, Weighted Average Exercise Price
Balance at end of period, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 11.36
Exercisable at end of period, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 10.88
Balance at beginning of year	895
Granted, Rights Outstanding
Exercised, Rights Outstanding	(22)
Forfeited, Rights Outstanding
Balance at end of period	873
Exercisable at end of period, Rights Outstanding	625

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Segment Information (Items Not Allocated to Segments) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
General and administrative expense	$ (8,000)	$ (4,827)	$ (19,482)	$ (15,824)
Shared-based compensation expense	(6,327)	3,553	(11,491)	(399)
Gain on sale of assets	16	61,784	16	61,784
Interest expense	(8,094)	(4,271)	(15,649)	(12,933)
Other corporate non-operating income and expense	47	26	158	77
Items not allocated to segments	$ (22,358)	$ 56,265	$ (46,448)	$ 32,705

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Receivables (Parenthetical) (Detail)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Average interest rate	5.65%	7.16%

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Real Estate

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Real Estate

Note 4 — Real Estate

Real estate consists of:

	Third Quarter-End 2012				Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Entitled, developed and under development projects		$	357,673			$	383,026
Undeveloped land			84,006				80,076
Commercial and income producing properties
Carrying value			94,239				129,220
Accumulated depreciation			(27,315	)			(26,955	)
Net carrying value			66,924				102,265
		$	508,603			$	565,367

Included in entitled, developed and under development projects are the estimated costs of assets we expect to convey to utility and improvement districts of $53,834,000 at third quarter-end 2012 and $61,526,000 at year-end 2011, including $34,252,000 at third quarter-end 2012 and $34,802,000 at year-end 2011 related to our Cibolo Canyons project near San Antonio, Texas. These costs relate to water, sewer and other infrastructure assets we have submitted to utility or improvement districts for approval and reimbursement. In second quarter 2012, these costs decreased by $11,065,000 as result of a consolidated venture’s sale of approximately 800 acres near Dallas. We submitted for reimbursement to these districts $4,345,000 in first nine months 2012 and $2,336,000 in first nine months 2011. We received $972,000 from these districts in first nine months 2012 and $187,000 in first nine months 2011. We expect to collect the remaining amounts billed as these districts achieve adequate tax bases to support payment.

Also included in entitled, developed and under development projects is our investment in the resort development owned by third parties at our Cibolo Canyons project. We received $1,950,000 in first nine months 2012 and $2,083,000 in first nine months 2011 from the Special Improvement District (SID) related to hotel occupancy revenues and other revenues from resort sales collected as taxes by the SID. We currently account for these receipts as a reduction of our investment. At third-quarter-end 2012, we have $33,418,000 invested in the resort development.

In first quarter 2012, entitled, developed and under development projects increased by $31,891,000 as a result of our acquisition of certain residential and mixed-use projects from CL Realty and Temco. Please read Note 3 for additional information. In second quarter 2012, entitled, developed and under development projects decreased by $51,493,000 as result of a consolidated venture’s sale of approximately 800 acres (Light Farms Project) near Dallas. We received $24,294,000 in net proceeds, the buyer assumed the outstanding debt of $30,991,000 and we recognized a gain on sale of $3,401,000.

In third quarter 2012, commercial and income producing properties decreased by $45,794,000 as result of selling Broadstone Memorial, a 401 unit multifamily project in Houston for $56,400,000. We received $29,474,000 in net proceeds, the buyer assumed outstanding debt of $26,500,000, and we recognized a gain on sale of $10,180,000. At third quarter-end 2012, commercial and income producing properties primarily represents our investment in a 413 room hotel in Austin with a carrying value of $20,098,000 and a 289 unit multifamily project in Austin, currently under construction, with a carrying value of $30,014,000. In first nine months 2012, we invested $16,809,000 in construction costs associated with this multifamily property and the estimated cost to complete construction is approximately $1,643,000.

Depreciation expense, primarily related to commercial and income producing properties, was $2,736,000 in first nine months 2012 and $2,650,000 in first nine months 2011 and is included in other operating expenses.

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Variable Interest Entities - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 Entity
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Number of primary beneficiary	1
Liabilities related to VIE	$ 1,342,000
Contributed to VIE	1,000
Number of primary beneficiary variable interest entity accounted under equity Method investment	3
Total assets of developed and under developed real estate	48,849,000
Total liabilities of developed and under developed real estate	80,283,000
Current maturities	63,624,000
Investment in VIEs	1,497,000
Contributed to VIEs	111,000
Maximum exposure to loss related to VIEs	$ 34,400,000
Number of non-consolidated VIEs with nominal general partner interest	2

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Investment In Unconsolidated Ventures (Summarized Balance Sheet Information) (Detail) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2012		Dec. 31, 2011
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	$ 156,738,000		$ 269,666,000
Venture Borrowings	70,721,000	[1]	74,818,000	[1]
Venture Equity	65,327,000		135,495,000
Investment in venture	43,041,000		64,223,000
242, LLC [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	21,356,000	[2]	23,688,000	[2]
Venture Borrowings	1,512,000	[1],[2]	4,429,000	[1],[2]
Venture Equity	18,888,000	[2]	18,536,000	[2]
Investment in venture	8,540,000	[2]	8,332,000	[2]
CJUF III RH Holdings [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	11,336,000
Venture Borrowings	1,000	[1]
Venture Equity	10,175,000
Investment in venture	4,077,000
Cl Ashton Woods [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	17,530,000	[3]
Venture Equity	17,030,000	[3]
Investment in venture	7,024,000	[3]
Cl Realty [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	7,970,000		51,096,000
Venture Borrowings			1,056,000	[1]
Venture Equity	7,624,000		48,608,000
Investment in venture	3,812,000		24,304,000
FMF Peakview [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	10,883,000
Venture Equity	10,716,000
Investment in venture	2,143,000
Hm Stonewall Estates [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	5,243,000	[3]
Venture Borrowings	316,000	[1],[3]
Venture Equity	4,932,000	[3]
Investment in venture	2,354,000	[3]
Lm Land Holdings [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	18,645,000	[3]
Venture Borrowings	2,668,000	[1],[3]
Venture Equity	12,943,000	[3]
Investment in venture	5,938,000	[3]
Palisades West [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets			124,588,000
Venture Equity			81,635,000
Investment in venture			20,412,000
Round Rock Luxury Apartments [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	33,247,000		34,434,000
Venture Borrowings	28,301,000	[1]	28,544,000	[1]
Venture Equity	4,207,000		4,865,000
Investment in venture	2,856,000		3,312,000
Temco [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	13,250,000		18,922,000
Venture Borrowings			2,787,000	[1]
Venture Equity	12,902,000		15,896,000
Investment in venture	6,451,000		7,948,000
Other Ventures (4) [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Venture assets	17,278,000	[4]	16,938,000	[4]
Venture Borrowings	37,923,000	[1],[4]	38,002,000	[1],[4]
Venture Equity	(34,090,000)	[4]	(34,045,000)	[4]
Investment in venture	$ (154,000)	[4]	$ (85,000)	[4]

[1] Total includes current maturities of $65,665,000 at third quarter-end 2012, of which $36,914,000 is non-recourse to us, and $71,816,000 at year-end 2011, of which $43,144,000 is non-recourse to us.

[2] Includes unamortized deferred gains on real estate contributed by us to ventures. We recognize deferred gains as income as real estate is sold to third parties. Deferred gains of $904,000 are reflected as a reduction to our investment in unconsolidated ventures at third quarter-end 2012.

[3] In first quarter 2012, we acquired CL Realty's equity investment in these residential and mixed-use ventures at estimated fair value. The difference between estimated fair value of the equity investment and our capital account within the respective ventures at closing (basis difference) will be accreted as income or expense over the life of the investment and included in equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures. Unrecognized basis difference of $3,240,000 is reflected as a reduction of our investment in unconsolidated ventures at third quarter-end 2012.

[4] Our investment in other ventures reflects our ownership interests generally ranging from 25 to 50 percent, excluding venture losses that exceed our investment where we are not obligated to fund those losses. Please read Note 16 for additional information.

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Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Debt

Debt consists of:

	Third Quarter-End 2012			Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Senior secured credit facility
Term loan facility — average interest rate of 4.22% at third quarter-end 2012 and 6.50% at year-end 2011		$	200,000		$	130,000
Revolving line of credit — average interest rate of 6.25% at third quarter-end 2012			27,000			—
Secured promissory notes — average interest rate of 2.85% at third quarter-end 2012 and 4.34% at year-end 2011			31,390			41,900
Other indebtedness due through 2017 at variable and fixed interest rates ranging from 5.00% to 8.00%			18,261			49,687
		$	276,651		$	221,587

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Receivables (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Receivables

Receivables consists of:

	Third Quarter-End 2012				Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Loan secured by real estate		$	19,063			$	20,666
Notes receivable, average interest rates of 5.65% at third quarter-end 2012 and 7.16% at year-end 2011			668				1,817
Receivables and accrued interest			13,536				860
			33,267				23,343
Allowance for bad debts			(62	)			(62	)
		$	33,205			$	23,281

Estimated Accretable Yield

Estimated accretable yield at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

	(In thousands)
Beginning of period (Second Quarter-End 2012)	$	27,833
Interest income recognized		(1,056	)
End of period	$	26,777

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Schedule Of Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective tax rate	74.00%	35.00%	22.00%	34.00%
Benefit for noncontrolling interests			10.00%	1.00%
Change in effective tax rate due to acquisition of Credo	38.00%		9.00%
Non-cash charge for share-based compensation				1.00%
Business acquisition deferred tax liability	$ 26,276,000		$ 26,276,000
Unrecognized tax benefits	$ 6,213,000		$ 6,213,000

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Investment In Unconsolidated Ventures (Summarized Income Statement Information) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2012		Sep. 30, 2011
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 6,042		$ 9,199		$ 19,059		$ 26,842
Earnings (Loss)	758		1,574		2,679		3,327
Our share of earnings (loss)	680		648		2,172		1,632
242, LLC [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	1,072	[1]	957	[1]	2,925	[1]	1,420	[1]
Earnings (Loss)	163	[1]	128	[1]	352	[1]	124	[1]
Our share of earnings (loss)	93	[1]	64	[1]	208	[1]	62	[1]
Cl Ashton Woods [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	740	[2]			2,089	[2]
Earnings (Loss)	197	[2]			458	[2]
Our share of earnings (loss)	350	[2]			874	[2]
Cl Realty [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	298		2,290		2,294		5,808
Earnings (Loss)	104		1,091		840		2,481
Our share of earnings (loss)	52		571		420		1,266
Hm Stonewall Estates [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	526	[2]			1,696	[2]
Earnings (Loss)	146	[2]			543	[2]
Our share of earnings (loss)	57	[2]			216	[2]
Lm Land Holdings [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	1,700	[2]			4,970	[2]
Earnings (Loss)	340	[2]			1,207	[2]
Our share of earnings (loss)	(16)	[2]			151	[2]
Palisades West [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues			4,142				12,256
Earnings (Loss)			1,461				4,372
Our share of earnings (loss)			365				1,093
Round Rock Luxury Apartments [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	1,179		1,420		3,461		3,388
Earnings (Loss)	50		(157)		82		(367)
Our share of earnings (loss)	25		(90)		57		(209)
Temco [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	60		89		560		435
Earnings (Loss)	(18)		(366)		(142)		(782)
Our share of earnings (loss)	(9)		(183)		(71)		(391)
Other Ventures (4) [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	467		301		1,064		3,535
Earnings (Loss)	(224)		(583)		(661)		(2,501)
Our share of earnings (loss)	$ 128		$ (79)		$ 317		$ (189)

[1] Includes unamortized deferred gains on real estate contributed by us to ventures. We recognize deferred gains as income as real estate is sold to third parties. Deferred gains of $904,000 are reflected as a reduction to our investment in unconsolidated ventures at third quarter-end 2012.

[2] In first quarter 2012, we acquired CL Realty's equity investment in these residential and mixed-use ventures at estimated fair value. The difference between estimated fair value of the equity investment and our capital account within the respective ventures at closing (basis difference) will be accreted as income or expense over the life of the investment and included in equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures. Unrecognized basis difference of $3,240,000 is reflected as a reduction of our investment in unconsolidated ventures at third quarter-end 2012.

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Fair Value (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Information About our Fixed Rate Financial instruments not Measured at Fair Value

Information about our fixed rate financial instruments not measured at fair value follows:

	Third Quarter-End 2012						Year-End 2011
	Carrying Amount			Fair Value			Carrying Amount			Fair Value			Valuation Technique
	(In thousands)
Loan secured by real estate	$	19,063		$	37,713		$	20,666		$	—	(a)		Level 2
Fixed rate debt	$	(3,431	)	$	(3,557	)	$	(29,931	)	$	(32,478	)		Level 2

(a) At year-end 2011 not applicable due to its non-performing status.

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Net Income per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Earnings Attributable to Common Shareholders and Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding

Earnings attributable to common shareholders and weighted average common shares outstanding used to compute earnings per share were:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Earnings (loss) available to common shareholders:
Consolidated net income (loss)	$	(380	)	$	36,965		$	4,588		$	30,935
Less: Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest		(323	)		(537	)		(1,678	)		(901	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Forestar Group Inc.	$	(703	)	$	36,428		$	2,910		$	30,034
Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic		35,233			35,514			35,204			35,482
Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock and equity-settled awards		—			282			233			395
Weighted average common shares outstanding — diluted		35,233			35,796			35,437			35,877
Anti-dilutive awards excluded from diluted weighted average shares outstanding		2,661			2,250			2,582			1,998

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Business Acquisitions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Business Acquisitions

Note 3 — Business Acquisitions

On September 28, 2012, pursuant to the terms of the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger dated June 3, 2012, we acquired 100 percent of the outstanding common stock of CREDO Petroleum Corporation (Credo) in an all cash transaction for $14.50 per share, representing an equity purchase price of approximately $146,445,000. In addition, we paid in full $8,770,000 of Credo’s outstanding debt. In first nine months 2012, we have incurred approximately $5,709,000 in costs to outside advisors related to this transaction, which are included in general and administrative expenses. Third quarter 2012 mineral resource segment earnings associated with this acquisition were not significant.

The following summarizes the preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of September 28, 2012. Due to closing the transaction on the last business day of the quarterly reporting period, the preliminary allocation is subject to change as we obtain additional information during the acquisition measurement period, in particular, the estimated value assigned to oil and natural gas properties and equipment, goodwill and deferred tax liability.

	Preliminary Purchase  Price Allocation
	(In thousands)
Cash and short-term investments		$	2,300
Receivables			9,213
Oil and natural gas properties and equipment			139,907
Other properties and equipment			1,375
Goodwill and other intangible assets			55,954
Other			676
Total assets acquired			209,425
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			26,626
Deferred tax liability			26,276
Other liabilities			1,308
Total liabilities assumed			54,210
Estimated fair value of net assets acquired		$	155,215

The following unaudited pro forma information for the third quarter and first nine months ended 2012 and 2011 represents the results of our consolidated operations as if the acquisition of Credo had occurred on January 1, 2011. This information is based on historical results of operations, adjusted for certain estimated accounting adjustments and does not purport to represent our actual results of operations if the transaction would have occurred on January 1, 2011, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results.

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Revenues	$	46,972	$	30,729	$	122,057	$	93,372
Net income (loss)		5,508		36,495		11,571		20,132

In first quarter 2012, we acquired from CL Realty, L.L.C. and Temco Associates, LLC, the ventures’ interest in 17 residential and mixed-use real estate projects for $47,000,000. Subsequent to closing of these acquisitions, we received $23,370,000 from the ventures, representing our pro-rata share of distributable cash. The purchase price was allocated to the acquired assets and liabilities based on their estimated fair value: $31,891,000 to real estate; $14,236,000 to investment in unconsolidated ventures; $1,385,000 to other assets; and $512,000 to liabilities directly related to the real estate acquired. Transaction costs of about $463,000 are included in other operating expense in first nine months 2012.

The acquired assets and operating results are included within our real estate segment and represented approximately 1,130 fully developed lots, 4,900 planned lots and over 460 commercial acres on the date of acquisition, principally in the major markets of Texas. Pro forma consolidated operating income (loss) assuming these acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of 2011 would not be significantly different than reported.

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Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Assets Allocated by Segment

Assets allocated by segment are as follows:

	Third Quarter-End 2012			Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Real estate		$	578,231		$	655,592
Mineral resources			226,213			18,902
Fiber resources			13,323			14,444
Assets not allocated to segments			72,172			105,919
Total assets		$	889,939		$	794,857

Segment Revenues and Earnings

Segment revenues and earnings are as follows:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Real estate	$	27,115		$	19,060		$	71,684		$	59,814
Mineral resources		10,479			5,871			27,053			17,784
Fiber resources		3,016			1,310			5,277			3,968
Total revenues	$	40,610		$	26,241		$	104,014		$	81,566
Segment earnings:
Real estate	$	12,688		$	(4,266	)	$	31,931		$	(684	)
Mineral resources		6,091			3,592			15,919			12,292
Fiber resources		1,798			446			2,782			1,790
Total segment earnings		20,577			(228	)		50,632			13,398
Items not allocated to segments (a)		(22,358	)		56,265			(46,448	)		32,705
Income (loss) before taxes attributable to Forestar Group Inc.	$	(1,781	)	$	56,037		$	4,184		$	46,103

^(a)  Items not allocated to segments consist of:

Items Not Allocated to Segments

^(a)  Items not allocated to segments consist of:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
General and administrative expense	$	(8,000	)	$	(4,827	)	$	(19,482	)	$	(15,824	)
Shared-based compensation expense		(6,327	)		3,553			(11,491	)		(399	)
Gain on sale of assets		16			61,784			16			61,784
Interest expense		(8,094	)		(4,271	)		(15,649	)		(12,933	)
Other corporate non-operating income and expense		47			26			158			77
	$	(22,358	)	$	56,265		$	(46,448	)	$	32,705

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Shareholders' Equity (Reconciliation of Changes in Shareholders Equity) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Beginning Balance, Forestar Group Inc.			$ 509,526
Net income, Forestar Group Inc.	(703)	36,428	2,910	30,034
Shareholders equity other related to parent			6,540
Ending Balance, Forestar Group Inc.	518,976		518,976
Beginning Balance, Noncontrolling Interests			1,686
Net income, Noncontrolling Interests	323	537	1,678	901
Distributions to noncontrolling interests			(1,504)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests			779
Shareholders equity other related to noncontrolling interests			(354)
Ending Balance, Noncontrolling Interests	2,285		2,285
Beginning balance			511,212
Consolidated net income (loss)	(380)	36,965	4,588	30,935
Distributions to noncontrolling interests			(1,504)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests			779
Other (primarily share-based compensation)			6,186
Ending balance	$ 521,261		$ 521,261

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Fair Value (Information About our Fixed Rate Financial instruments not Measured at Fair Value) (Detail) (USD $)				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011		Sep. 30, 2012 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Investments, Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share [Line Items]
Fixed rate debt, carrying value	$ (3,431,000)	$ (29,931,000)
Fixed rate debt, fair value	(3,557,000)	(32,478,000)
Loan secured by real estate	19,063,000	20,666,000
Loan Secured by Real Estate Fair Value	$ 37,713,000		[1]
Valuation Techniques				Level 2

[1] At year-end 2011 not applicable due to its non-performing status.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 10,279	$ 18,283
Real estate	508,603	565,367
Investment in unconsolidated ventures	43,041	64,223
Timber	13,303	14,240
Receivables, net	33,205	23,281
Prepaid expenses	3,009	2,931
Property and equipment, net	4,777	5,178
Oil and natural gas properties and equipment, net	147,268	4,561
Deferred tax asset, net	49,637	72,942
Goodwill and other intangible assets	61,406	5,451
Other assets	15,411	18,400
TOTAL ASSETS	889,939	794,857
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Accounts payable	29,863	5,044
Accrued employee compensation and benefits	2,955	1,421
Accrued property taxes	6,215	4,986
Accrued interest	845	1,086
Income taxes payable	1,323	8,501
Other accrued expenses	15,835	7,716
Other liabilities	34,991	33,304
Debt	276,651	221,587
TOTAL LIABILITIES	368,678	283,645
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Forestar Group Inc. shareholders' equity:
Common stock, par value $1.00 per share, 200,000,000 authorized shares, 36,946,603 issued at third quarter-end 2012 and 36,835,732 issued at year-end 2011	36,947	36,836
Additional paid-in capital	405,692	398,517
Retained earnings	111,065	108,155
Treasury stock, at cost, 2,257,427 shares at third quarter-end 2012 and 2,212,876 shares at year-end 2011	(34,728)	(33,982)
Total Forestar Group Inc. shareholders' equity	518,976	509,526
Noncontrolling interests	2,285	1,686
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	521,261	511,212
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	$ 889,939	$ 794,857

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Investment In Unconsolidated Ventures (Summarized Income Statement Information) (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Borrowing Current maturities	$ 65,665,000	$ 71,816,000
Borrowing non-recourse, current maturities	36,914,000	43,144,000
Deferred gains	904,000
Unrecognized basis difference	$ 3,240,000
Ownership interest in other ventures			25.00%	50.00%

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Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Basis of Presentation

Note 1 — Basis of Presentation

Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Forestar Group Inc., all subsidiaries, ventures and other entities in which we have a controlling interest and variable interest entities of which we are the primary beneficiary. We eliminate all material intercompany accounts and transactions. Noncontrolling interests in consolidated pass-through entities are recognized before income taxes. We account for our investment in other entities in which we have significant influence over operations and financial policies using the equity method (we recognize our share of the entities' income or loss and any preferential returns and treat distributions as a reduction of our investment). We account for our investment in other entities in which we do not have significant influence over operations and financial policies using the cost method (we recognize as income distributions of accumulated earnings).

We prepare our unaudited interim financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and Securities and Exchange Commission requirements for interim financial statements. As a result, they do not include all the information and disclosures required for complete financial statements. However, in our opinion, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Such adjustments consist only of normal recurring items unless otherwise noted. We make estimates and assumptions about future events. Actual results can, and probably will, differ from those we currently estimate including those related to allocating cost of sales to real estate, minerals and fiber and measuring assets for impairment. These interim operating results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire year. For further information, please read the financial statements included in our 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Segment Information (Assets Allocated by Segment) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	$ 889,939	$ 794,857
Real Estate [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	578,231	655,592
Mineral Resources [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	226,213	18,902
Fiber Resources [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	13,323	14,444
Unallocated Amount to Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Assets	$ 72,172	$ 105,919

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Business Acquisitions (Preliminary allocation of purchase price to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 28, 2012
Business Acquisition Actual Revenue And Pre Tax Income Loss [Line Items]
Cash and short-term investments	$ 2,300
Receivables	9,213
Oil and natural gas properties and equipment	139,907
Other properties and equipment	1,375
Goodwill and other intangible assets	55,954
Other	676
Total assets acquired	209,425
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	26,626
Deferred tax liability	26,276
Other liabilities	1,308
Total liabilities assumed	54,210
Estimated fair value of net assets acquired	$ 155,215

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Share Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012 Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Market-leveraged stock units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Equity-settled awards [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Stock Option [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Temple Inland Stock [Member] Pre Spin Stock Option Awards [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Forestar Stock [Member] Pre Spin Stock Option Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair Value of Awards Granted to Retirement Eligible Employees and Expensed at Date of Grant	$ 595,000	$ 654,000
Unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to non-vested equity-settled awards, restricted stock and stock options	9,530,000			952,000			4,272,000	4,306,000
Weighted average period over which amount will be recognized				1 year			2 years	2 years
Vesting of restricted stock awards and exercises of stock options, shares withheld	72,199	70,539
Vesting of restricted stock awards and exercises of stock options, value withheld	1,171,000	1,290,000
Cash-settled awards granted, Maximum				4 years	4 years
Cash-settled awards granted, Minimum				3 years	3 years
Minimum Percent Annualized Return on Assets Vesting for Stock Unit Awards				1.00%
Vesting period of restricted stock units				3 years
Terms of awards					10 years			10 years		10 years
Exercisable period					4 years			4 years		4 years
Fair value of awards settled in cash	5,254,000	184,000
Fair value of vested cash-settled awards	17,239,000
Aggregate current value of non-vested cash-settled awards	9,559,000
Stock price of non-vested cash-settled awards	$ 16.66
Period after market leverage stock unit vest	3 years
Granted, Equivalent Units						154,900	311,000
Number of share to be issued at stock price increase						232,370
Number of shares to be issued at stock price decrease by fifty percent						77,460
Number of share to be issued at stock price decrease by more than fifty percent			0
Minimum increases in stock price							0.50%
Percentage of decrease in stock price							0.50%
Intrinsic value of options exercised									1,132,000
Options Outstanding										65,000
Weighted average exercise price										$ 24.10
Weighted average remaining contractual term										3 years
Aggregate intrinsic value										$ 56,000

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Share-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Share-Based Compensation

Note 17 — Share-Based Compensation

Share-based compensation expense (income) consists of:

	Third Quarter					First Nine Months
	2012		2011			2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Cash-settled awards	$	4,547	$	(4,893	)	$	4,829	$	(4,212	)
Equity-settled awards		609		265			2,438		676
Restricted stock		514		612			1,636		1,882
Stock options		657		463			2,588		2,053
	$	6,327	$	(3,553	)	$	11,491	$	399

Third quarter and first nine months 2012 share-based compensation expense increased principally as a result of an increase in our stock price and the impact on cash-settled vested awards.

Share-based compensation expense (income) is included in:

	Third Quarter					First Nine Months
	2012		2011			2012		2011
	(In thousands)
General and administrative expense	$	3,298	$	(2,057	)	$	5,528	$	(234	)
Other operating expense		3,029		(1,496	)		5,963		633
	$	6,327	$	(3,553	)	$	11,491	$	399

The fair value of awards granted to retirement eligible employees and expensed at the date of grant was $595,000 in first nine months 2012 and $654,000 in first nine months 2011. Unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to non-vested equity-settled awards, restricted stock and stock options is $9,530,000 at third quarter-end 2012. The weighted average period over which this amount will be recognized is estimated to be two years. We did not capitalize any share-based compensation in first nine months 2012 or 2011.

In first nine months 2012, we withheld 72,199 shares having a value of $1,171,000 in connection with vesting of restricted stock awards and exercises of stock options. In first nine months 2011, we withheld 70,539 shares having a value of $1,290,000 in connection with vesting of restricted stock awards and exercises of stock options. These shares are included in treasury stock and are reflected in financing activities in our consolidated statement of cash flows.

A summary of awards granted under our 2007 Stock Incentive Plan follows:

Cash-settled awards

Cash-settled awards granted to our employees in the form of restricted stock units or stock appreciation rights generally vest over three to four years from the date of grant and generally provide for accelerated vesting upon death, disability or if there is a change in control. Vesting for some restricted stock unit awards is also conditioned upon achievement of a minimum one percent annualized return on assets over a three-year period. Cash-settled stock appreciation rights have a ten-year term, generally become exercisable ratably over four years and provide for accelerated or continued vesting upon retirement, death, disability or if there is a change in control. Stock appreciation rights were granted with an exercise price equal to the market value of our stock on the date of grant.

Cash-settled awards granted to our directors in the form of restricted stock units are fully vested at the time of grant and payable upon retirement.

The following table summarizes the activity of cash-settled restricted stock unit awards in first nine months 2012:

	Equivalent Units			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(Per unit)
Non-vested at beginning of year		449		$	13.13
Granted		187			16.11
Vested		(286	)		10.32
Forfeited		—			—
Non-vested at end of period		350		$	17.03

The following table summarizes the activity of cash-settled stock appreciation rights in first nine months 2012:

	Rights Outstanding			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (Current Value Less Exercise Price)
	(In thousands)			(Per share)		(In years)		(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of year		895		$	11.31		7	$	3,986
Granted		—			—
Exercised		(22	)		9.29
Forfeited		—			—
Balance at end of period		873		$	11.36		7	$	4,870
Exercisable at end of period		625		$	10.88		7	$	3,744

The fair value of awards settled in cash was $5,254,000 in first nine months 2012 and $184,000 in first nine months 2011. At third quarter-end 2012, the fair value of vested cash-settled awards is $17,239,000 and is included in other liabilities. The aggregate current value of non-vested cash-settled awards is $9,559,000 at third quarter-end 2012 based on a quarter-end stock price of $16.66.

Equity-settled awards

Equity-settled awards granted to our employees include restricted stock units (RSU), which vest ratably over three years from the date of grant, and market-leveraged stock units (MSU), which vest after three years. Equity settled awards in the form of restricted stock units granted to our directors are fully vested at time of grant and payable upon retirement. The following table summarizes the activity of equity-settled awards in first nine months 2012:

	Equivalent Units			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(Per share)
Non-vested at beginning of year		159		$	20.74
Granted		311			17.13
Vested		(102	)		15.26
Forfeited		—			—
Non-vested at end of period		368		$	19.20

In first quarter 2012, we granted 154,900 MSU awards. These awards will be settled in common stock based upon our stock price performance over three years from the date of grant. The number of shares to be issued could range from a high of 232,370 shares if our stock price increases by 50 percent or more, to a low of 77,460 shares if our stock price decreases by 50 percent, or could be zero if our stock price decreases by more than 50 percent, the minimum threshold performance. MSU awards are valued using a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model, which includes expected stock price volatility and risk-free interest rate assumptions. Compensation expense is recognized regardless of achievement of performance conditions, provided the requisite service period is satisfied.

Unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to non-vested equity-settled awards is $4,272,000 at third quarter-end 2012. The weighted average period over which this amount will be recognized is estimated to be two years.

Restricted stock

Restricted stock awards vest either ratably over or after three years, generally if we achieve a minimum one percent annualized return on assets over such three-year period. The following table summarizes the activity of restricted stock awards in first nine months 2012:

	Restricted Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(In thousands)			(Per share)
Non-vested at beginning of year		399		$	15.02
Granted		—			—
Vested		(183	)		12.65
Forfeited		—			—
Non-vested at end of period		216		$	17.03

Unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to non-vested restricted stock awards is $952,000 at third quarter-end 2012. The weighted average period over which this amount will be recognized is estimated to be one year.

Stock options

Stock options have a ten-year term, generally become exercisable ratably over four years and provide for accelerated or continued vesting upon retirement, death, disability or if there is a change in control. Options were granted with an exercise price equal to the market value of our stock on the date of grant. The following table summarizes the activity of stock option awards in first nine months 2012:

	Options Outstanding			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (Current Value Less Exercise Price)
	(In thousands)			(Per share)		(In years)		(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of year		1,284		$	22.22		7	$	944
Granted		473			15.94
Exercised		—			—
Forfeited		(1	)		16.89
Balance at end of period		1,756		$	20.53		7	$	1,532
Exercisable at end of period		975		$	23.66		6	$	974

We estimate the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions:

	First Nine Months
	2012			2011
Expected dividend yield		—	%		—	%
Expected stock price volatility		60.2	%		56.2	%
Risk-free interest rate		1.3	%		2.4	%
Expected life of options (years)		6			6
Weighted average estimated fair value of options granted	$	9.22		$	10.11

We have limited historical experience as a stand-alone company so we utilized alternative methods in determining our valuation assumptions. The expected life was based on the simplified method utilizing the midpoint between the vesting period and the contractual life of the awards. Our expected stock price volatility is based on a blended rate utilizing our historical volatility and historical prices of our peers’ common stock for a period corresponding to the expected life of the options. Pre-vesting forfeitures are estimated based upon the pool of participants and their expected activity and historical trends.

Unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to non-vested stock options is $4,306,000 at third quarter-end 2012. The weighted average period over which this amount will be recognized is estimated to be two years.

Pre-Spin Awards

Certain of our employees participated in Temple-Inland’s share-based compensation plans. In conjunction with the 2007 spin-off, these awards were equitably adjusted into separate awards of the common stock of Temple-Inland and the spin-off entities. As result of Temple-Inland’s merger with International Paper in first quarter 2012, all outstanding awards on Temple-Inland stock were settled with an intrinsic value of $1,132,000.

Pre-Spin stock option awards to our employees to purchase our common stock have a ten-year term, generally become exercisable ratably over four years and provide for accelerated or continued vesting upon retirement, death, disability or if there is a change in control. At third quarter-end 2012, there were 65,000 pre-spin awards outstanding and exercisable on our stock with a weighted average exercise price of $24.10, weighted average remaining term of three years and aggregate intrinsic value of $56,000.

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Business Acquisitions (Results of consolidated operations) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Business Acquisition Pro Forma Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 46,972	$ 30,729	$ 122,057	$ 93,372
Net income (loss)	$ 5,508	$ 36,495	$ 11,571	$ 20,132

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Business Acquisitions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Preliminary allocation of the purchase price to fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed

The following summarizes the preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of September 28, 2012. Due to closing the transaction on the last business day of the quarterly reporting period, the preliminary allocation is subject to change as we obtain additional information during the acquisition measurement period, in particular, the estimated value assigned to oil and natural gas properties and equipment, goodwill and deferred tax liability.

	Preliminary Purchase  Price Allocation
	(In thousands)
Cash and short-term investments		$	2,300
Receivables			9,213
Oil and natural gas properties and equipment			139,907
Other properties and equipment			1,375
Goodwill and other intangible assets			55,954
Other			676
Total assets acquired			209,425
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			26,626
Deferred tax liability			26,276
Other liabilities			1,308
Total liabilities assumed			54,210
Estimated fair value of net assets acquired		$	155,215

Results of our consolidated operations

The following unaudited pro forma information for the third quarter and first nine months ended 2012 and 2011 represents the results of our consolidated operations as if the acquisition of Credo had occurred on January 1, 2011. This information is based on historical results of operations, adjusted for certain estimated accounting adjustments and does not purport to represent our actual results of operations if the transaction would have occurred on January 1, 2011, nor is it necessarily indicative of future results.

	Third Quarter				First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Revenues	$	46,972	$	30,729	$	122,057	$	93,372
Net income (loss)		5,508		36,495		11,571		20,132

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Share Based Compensation (Equity-Settled Awards) (Detail) (Equity-settled awards [Member], USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Equity-settled awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Non-vested at beginning of year, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 20.74
Granted, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 17.13
Vested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 15.26
Forfeited, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested at end of period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 19.20
Balance at beginning of year	159,000
Granted, Equivalent Units	311,000
Vested, Equivalent Units	(102,000)
Forfeited, Equivalent Units
Balance at end of period	368,000

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New and Pending Accounting Pronouncements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

New and Pending Accounting Pronouncements

Note 2 — New and Pending Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2012

In first quarter 2012, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-04 - Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs and ASU
2011-05 - Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income. Adoption of these pronouncements did not affect our earnings or financial position.

Pending Accounting Standards

ASU 2011-10 – Property, Plant, and Equipment: Derecognition of in Substance Real Estate will be effective first quarter 2013. Under ASU 2011-10, when a parent ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary that is in substance real estate as a result of default on the subsidiary’s nonrecourse debt, the reporting entity would continue to include the real estate, debt and results of the subsidiary’s operations in its consolidated financial statements until legal title to the real estate is transferred to legally satisfy the debt. The amendment should be applied prospectively to deconsolidation events occurring after the effective date. Adoption is not anticipated to have a significant effect on our earnings or financial position but may result in certain additional disclosures.

ASU 2012-02– Intangibles-Goodwill and Other will be effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. The amendment provides entities with the option to make a qualitative assessment about the likelihood that an indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired to determine whether it should perform a quantitative impairment test, which is equivalent to the impairment testing requirements for other long-lived assets. Adoption is not anticipated to have a significant effect on our earnings or financial position.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Common stock, par value	$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Common stock, shares authorized	200,000,000	200,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	36,946,603	36,835,732
Treasury stock, common shares	2,257,427	2,212,876

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Net Income per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Net Income per Share

Note 12 — Net Income per Share

Earnings attributable to common shareholders and weighted average common shares outstanding used to compute earnings per share were:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Earnings (loss) available to common shareholders:
Consolidated net income (loss)	$	(380	)	$	36,965		$	4,588		$	30,935
Less: Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interest		(323	)		(537	)		(1,678	)		(901	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Forestar Group Inc.	$	(703	)	$	36,428		$	2,910		$	30,034
Weighted average common shares outstanding — basic		35,233			35,514			35,204			35,482
Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock and equity-settled awards		—			282			233			395
Weighted average common shares outstanding — diluted		35,233			35,796			35,437			35,877
Anti-dilutive awards excluded from diluted weighted average shares outstanding		2,661			2,250			2,582			1,998

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Document and Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Nov. 05, 2012
Entity Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2012
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2012
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Trading Symbol	FOR
Entity Registrant Name	FORESTAR GROUP INC.
Entity Central Index Key	0001406587
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		34,692,106

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Income Taxes

Note 13 — Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate was a 74 percent benefit in third quarter 2012 and 22 percent expense in first nine months 2012, which includes a 10 percent benefit for noncontrolling interests. In addition, our third quarter and first nine months 2012 effective tax rates included a non-cash benefit of 38 percent and nine percent respectively associated with state deferred tax rate changes due to our acquisition of Credo and operating in more states. Our effective tax rate was 35 percent in third quarter 2011 and 34 percent in first nine months 2011, which includes a one percent benefit for noncontrolling interests and one percent non-cash charge for share-based compensation. In addition, 2012 and 2011 effective tax rates include the effect of state income taxes, nondeductible items and benefits of percentage depletion while the 2011 effective tax rate also includes the benefits of charitable contributions related to timberlands.

We acquired Credo in third quarter 2012 and as a result, we recorded an estimated deferred tax liability of $26,276,000 principally representing the excess of the fair value allocated to oil and gas properties at closing over the carry-over tax basis received at our estimated effective tax rate. Goodwill associated with our acquisition of Credo is not deductible for income tax purposes.

We have not provided a valuation allowance for our federal deferred tax asset because we believe it is likely it will be recoverable in future periods.

At third quarter-end 2012, our unrecognized tax benefits totaled $6,213,000, all of which would affect our effective tax rate if recognized.

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Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
REVENUES
Real estate sales and other	$ 18,310	$ 12,407	$ 48,303	$ 39,414
Commercial and income producing properties	8,805	6,653	23,381	20,400
Real estate	27,115	19,060	71,684	59,814
Mineral resources	10,479	5,871	27,053	17,784
Fiber resources and other	3,016	1,310	5,277	3,968
Total revenues	40,610	26,241	104,014	81,566
COSTS AND EXPENSES
Cost of real estate sales and other	(10,806)	(7,760)	(27,158)	(19,409)
Cost of commercial and income producing properties	(6,733)	(4,607)	(15,928)	(13,485)
Cost of mineral resources	(1,865)	(597)	(4,218)	(1,829)
Cost of fiber resources and other	(570)	(349)	(1,068)	(881)
Other operating	(14,691)	(11,771)	(39,116)	(34,109)
General and administrative	(11,298)	(2,770)	(25,010)	(15,590)
Total costs and expenses	(45,963)	(27,854)	(112,498)	(85,303)
Gain on sale of assets	10,196	61,784	25,506	61,965
OPERATING INCOME	4,843	60,171	17,022	58,228
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated ventures	680	648	2,172	1,632
Interest expense	(8,094)	(4,271)	(15,649)	(12,933)
Other non-operating income	1,113	26	2,317	77
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES	(1,458)	56,574	5,862	47,004
Income tax (expense) benefit	1,078	(19,609)	(1,274)	(16,069)
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME (LOSS)	(380)	36,965	4,588	30,935
Less: Net (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests	(323)	(537)	(1,678)	(901)
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO FORESTAR GROUP INC.	(703)	36,428	2,910	30,034
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic	35,233	35,514	35,204	35,482
Diluted	35,233	35,796	35,437	35,877
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE
Basic	$ (0.02)	$ 1.03	$ 0.08	$ 0.85
Diluted	$ (0.02)	$ 1.02	$ 0.08	$ 0.84
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)	$ (703)	$ 36,428	$ 2,910	$ 30,034

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Investment in Unconsolidated Ventures

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Investment in Unconsolidated Ventures

Note 7 — Investment in Unconsolidated Ventures

At third quarter-end 2012, we had ownership interests in 13 ventures that we account for using the equity method. We have no real estate ventures that are accounted for using the cost method.

In second quarter 2012, we formed two new unconsolidated ventures:

• CJUF III, RH Holdings, LP was formed with Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds (CJUF) to develop a 257 unit multifamily property overlooking downtown Austin. We own a 25 percent interest and CJUF owns the remaining 75 percent interest. We contributed land and pre-development costs to the venture and received reimbursements of $3,718,000 from the venture. The venture obtained a senior secured construction loan in the amount of $23,936,000 that bears interest at LIBOR plus 2 percent with no significant balance outstanding at third quarter-end 2012. The loan has an initial term of 36 months and may be extended for two additional 12-month periods if certain conditions are met. We have a guaranty of completion of the improvements, a repayment guarantee for 20 percent of principal balance and unpaid accrued interest and a standard non-recourse carve-out guaranty. The repayment guarantee will reduce from 20 percent to 0 percent upon achievement of certain conditions. At third quarter-end 2012, our investment in this venture is $4,077,000.

• FMF Peakview, LLC was formed with Guggenheim Real Estate, LLC (Guggenheim) to develop a 304 unit multifamily property in Denver. We own a 20 percent interest and Guggenheim owns the remaining 80 percent interest. We contributed land and pre-development costs to the venture and received reimbursements of $7,243,000 from the venture. The venture obtained a senior secured construction loan in the amount of $31,550,000 that bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.25 percent with no balance outstanding at third quarter-end 2012. The loan has an initial term of 36 months and may be extended for two additional 12-month periods if certain conditions are met. We have a guaranty of completion of the improvements, a repayment guarantee for 25 percent of principal and unpaid accrued interest and a standard non-recourse carve-out guaranty. At third quarter-end 2012, our investment in this venture is $2,143,000.

In first quarter 2012, we acquired from CL Realty and Temco their interest in 17 residential and mixed-use projects for $47,000,000, principally representing $31,891,000 in real estate and $14,236,000 in investment in unconsolidated ventures. Please read Note 3 for additional information. Also in first quarter 2012, we sold our 25 percent interest in Palisades West LLC, which owns two office buildings and an accompanying parking garage in Austin for $32,095,000, resulting in a gain on sale of $11,675,000.

Combined summarized balance sheet information for our ventures accounted for using the equity method follows:

	Venture Assets				Venture Borrowings (a)				Venture Equity						Our Investment
	Third Quarter- End 2012		Year-End 2011		Third Quarter- End 2012		Year-End 2011		Third Quarter- End 2012			Year-End 2011			Third Quarter-End 2012			Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
242, LLC (b)	$	21,356	$	23,688	$	1,512	$	4,429	$	18,888		$	18,536		$	8,540		$	8,332
CJUF III, RH Holdings		11,336		—		1		—		10,175			—			4,077			—
CL Ashton Woods (c)		17,530		—		—		—		17,030			—			7,024			—
CL Realty		7,970		51,096		—		1,056		7,624			48,608			3,812			24,304
FMF Peakview		10,883		—		—		—		10,716			—			2,143			—
HM Stonewall Estates (c)		5,243		—		316		—		4,932			—			2,354			—
LM Land Holdings (c)		18,645		—		2,668		—		12,943			—			5,938			—
Palisades West		—		124,588		—		—		—			81,635			—			20,412
Round Rock Luxury Apartments		33,247		34,434		28,301		28,544		4,207			4,865			2,856			3,312
Temco		13,250		18,922		—		2,787		12,902			15,896			6,451			7,948
Other ventures (4) (b) (d)		17,278		16,938		37,923		38,002		(34,090	)		(34,045	)		(154	)		(85	)
	$	156,738	$	269,666	$	70,721	$	74,818	$	65,327		$	135,495		$	43,041		$	64,223

Combined summarized income statement information for our ventures accounted for using the equity method follows:

	Revenues								Earnings (Loss)												Our share of earnings (loss)
	Third Quarter				First Nine Months				Third Quarter						First Nine Months						Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011		2012			2011			2012			2011			2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
242, LLC (b)	$	1,072	$	957	$	2,925	$	1,420	$	163		$	128		$	352		$	124		$	93		$	64		$	208		$	62
CJUF III, RH Holdings		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
CL Ashton Woods (c)		740		—		2,089		—		197			—			458						350			—			874			—
CL Realty		298		2,290		2,294		5,808		104			1,091			840			2,481			52			571			420			1,266
FMF Peakview		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
HM Stonewall Estates (c)		526		—		1,696		—		146			—			543			—			57			—			216			—
LM Land Holdings (c)		1,700		—		4,970		—		340			—			1,207			—			(16	)		—			151			—
Palisades West		—		4,142		—		12,256		—			1,461			—			4,372			—			365			—			1,093
Round Rock Luxury Apartments		1,179		1,420		3,461		3,388		50			(157	)		82			(367	)		25			(90	)		57			(209	)
Temco		60		89		560		435		(18	)		(366	)		(142	)		(782	)		(9	)		(183	)		(71	)		(391	)
Other ventures (4)		467		301		1,064		3,535		(224	)		(583	)		(661	)		(2,501	)		128			(79	)		317			(189	)
	$	6,042	$	9,199	$	19,059	$	26,842	$	758		$	1,574		$	2,679		$	3,327		$	680		$	648		$	2,172		$	1,632

^(a)  Total includes current maturities of $65,665,000 at third quarter-end 2012, of which $36,914,000 is non-recourse to us, and $71,816,000 at year-end 2011, of which $43,144,000 is non-recourse to us.

^(b)  Includes unamortized deferred gains on real estate contributed by us to ventures. We recognize deferred gains as income as real estate is sold to third parties. Deferred gains of $904,000 are reflected as a reduction to our investment in unconsolidated ventures at third quarter-end 2012.

^(c)  In first quarter 2012, we acquired CL Realty’s equity investment in these residential and mixed-use ventures at estimated fair value. The difference between estimated fair value of the equity investment and our capital account within the respective ventures at closing (basis difference) will be accreted as income or expense over the life of the investment and included in equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures. Unrecognized basis difference of $3,240,000 is reflected as a reduction of our investment in unconsolidated ventures at third quarter-end 2012.

^(d)  Our investment in other ventures reflects our ownership interests generally ranging from 25 to 50 percent, excluding venture losses that exceed our investment where we are not obligated to fund those losses. Please read Note 16 for additional information.

In first nine months 2012, we invested $1,684,000 in these ventures and received $1,501,000 in distributions; in first nine months 2011, we invested $1,350,000 in these ventures and received $5,995,000 in distributions. Distributions include both return of investments and distributions of earnings.

We may provide performance bonds and letters of credit on behalf of certain ventures that would be drawn on due to failure to satisfy construction obligations as general contractor or for failure to timely deliver streets and utilities in accordance with local codes and ordinances. At third quarter-end 2012, we have $26,888,000 outstanding, of which $26,577,000 is related to the development and construction of a 257 unit multifamily property in Austin.

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Shareholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Shareholders' Equity

Note 6 — Shareholders’ Equity

A reconciliation of changes in shareholders’ equity at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

	Forestar Group Inc.		Noncontrolling Interests			Total
	(In thousands)
Balance at year-end 2011	$	509,526	$	1,686		$	511,212
Net income		2,910		1,678			4,588
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		—		(1,504	)		(1,504	)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests		—		779			779
Other (primarily share-based compensation)		6,540		(354	)		6,186
Balance at third quarter-end 2012	$	518,976	$	2,285		$	521,261

In first nine months 2012, we issued 66,320 shares of our common stock as a result of stock option exercises and vesting of equity-settled restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for taxes.

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New and Pending Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2012

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2012

In first quarter 2012, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2011-04 - Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs and ASU
2011-05 - Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income. Adoption of these pronouncements did not affect our earnings or financial position.

Pending Accounting Standards

Pending Accounting Standards

ASU 2011-10 – Property, Plant, and Equipment: Derecognition of in Substance Real Estate will be effective first quarter 2013. Under ASU 2011-10, when a parent ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary that is in substance real estate as a result of default on the subsidiary’s nonrecourse debt, the reporting entity would continue to include the real estate, debt and results of the subsidiary’s operations in its consolidated financial statements until legal title to the real estate is transferred to legally satisfy the debt. The amendment should be applied prospectively to deconsolidation events occurring after the effective date. Adoption is not anticipated to have a significant effect on our earnings or financial position but may result in certain additional disclosures.

ASU 2012-02– Intangibles-Goodwill and Other will be effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. The amendment provides entities with the option to make a qualitative assessment about the likelihood that an indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired to determine whether it should perform a quantitative impairment test, which is equivalent to the impairment testing requirements for other long-lived assets. Adoption is not anticipated to have a significant effect on our earnings or financial position.

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Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies

Note 14 — Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

In connection with our definitive agreement to acquire Credo, four purported class action lawsuits and one lawsuit that seeks certification as a class action have been filed against Credo, its board of directors and us. These actions generally allege that Credo and its board of directors breached fiduciary duties to Credo stockholders with respect to the transaction. The five actions also allege that we aided and abetted the alleged breaches. The plaintiffs’ allegations include that the consideration paid to acquire Credo is inadequate. Two of the five cases were voluntarily dismissed. On September 14, 2012, parties to the Delaware actions entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to settle those actions. The MOU is contingent on confirmatory discovery and court approval of the settlement. The MOU provides that in consideration of supplemental disclosures filed by Credo with the SEC on September 14, 2012, the final settlement will include a release of all asserted claims. The MOU does not include one case pending in Colorado, but the settlement, if approved by the Delaware Court of Chancery, would release the claims asserted in the Colorado action. We believe that the claims in all cases are without merit and intend to defend the actions vigorously.

Credo has filed a lawsuit for declaratory judgment regarding its contract rights under two agreements with a third party that in the aggregate involve five to ten percent of Credo’s participating interest in most of its leases in North Dakota. The third party has asserted certain counterclaims. We believe that the counterclaims are without merit and intend to defend them vigorously.

We are involved in various other legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of doing business and believe that adequate reserves have been established for any probable losses. We do not believe that the outcome of any of these proceedings should have a significant adverse effect on our financial position, long-term results of operations or cash flows. It is possible, however, that charges related to these matters could be significant to our results or cash flows in any one accounting period.

Environmental

Environmental remediation liabilities arise from time to time in the ordinary course of doing business, and we believe we have established adequate reserves for any probable losses that we can reasonably estimate. We own 288 acres near Antioch, California, portions of which were sites of a former Temple-Inland paper manufacturing operation that are in remediation. We have received certificates of completion on all but one 80 acre tract, a portion of which includes subsurface contamination. We estimate the cost to complete remediation activities will be approximately $2,199,000, which is included in other accrued expenses. It is possible that remediation or monitoring activities could be required in addition to those included within our estimate, but we are unable to determine the scope, timing or extent of such activities.

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Fair Value

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Fair Value

Note 10 — Fair Value

Non-financial assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis principally include real estate assets, assets held for sale, goodwill and other intangible assets, which are measured for impairment. In third quarter 2012 and 2011, no non-financial assets were remeasured at fair value.

We elected not to use the fair value option for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other current assets, variable debt, accounts payable and other current liabilities. The carrying amounts of these financial instruments approximate their fair values due to their short-term nature or variable interest rates. We determine the fair value of fixed rate financial instruments using quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets.

Information about our fixed rate financial instruments not measured at fair value follows:

	Third Quarter-End 2012						Year-End 2011
	Carrying Amount			Fair Value			Carrying Amount			Fair Value			Valuation Technique
	(In thousands)
Loan secured by real estate	$	19,063		$	37,713		$	20,666		$	—	(a)		Level 2
Fixed rate debt	$	(3,431	)	$	(3,557	)	$	(29,931	)	$	(32,478	)		Level 2

(a) At year-end 2011 not applicable due to its non-performing status.

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Segment Information (Segment Revenues and Earnings) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Revenues:
Real estate	$ 27,115	$ 19,060	$ 71,684	$ 59,814
Mineral resources	10,479	5,871	27,053	17,784
Fiber resources	3,016	1,310	5,277	3,968
Total revenues	40,610	26,241	104,014	81,566
Segment earnings:
Items not allocated to segments	(22,358)	56,265	(46,448)	32,705
Income before taxes attributable to Forestar Group Inc.	(1,781)	56,037	4,184	46,103
Parent Company [Member]
Segment earnings:
Total segment earnings	20,577	(228)	50,632	13,398
Real Estate [Member]
Segment earnings:
Total segment earnings	12,688	(4,266)	31,931	(684)
Mineral Resources [Member]
Segment earnings:
Total segment earnings	6,091	3,592	15,919	12,292
Fiber Resources [Member]
Segment earnings:
Total segment earnings	$ 1,798	$ 446	$ 2,782	$ 1,790

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Receivables

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Receivables

Note 8 — Receivables

Receivables consists of:

	Third Quarter-End 2012				Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Loan secured by real estate		$	19,063			$	20,666
Notes receivable, average interest rates of 5.65% at third quarter-end 2012 and 7.16% at year-end 2011			668				1,817
Receivables and accrued interest			13,536				860
			33,267				23,343
Allowance for bad debts			(62	)			(62	)
		$	33,205			$	23,281

At third quarter-end 2012, we have $19,063,000 invested in a loan secured by real estate. The loan was acquired from a financial institution in 2011 when it was non-performing and is secured by a lien on developed and undeveloped real estate located near Houston designated for single-family residential and commercial development. In second quarter 2012, an approved bankruptcy plan of reorganization of the borrower became effective establishing a principal amount of $33,900,000 maturing in April 2017. Per the terms of the agreement, interest accrues at 9 percent the first three years escalating to 10 percent in year four and 12 percent in year five, with interest above 6.25 percent to be forgiven if the loan is prepaid by certain dates. Commencing with the reorganization, we estimate future cash flows and calculate accretable yield to be recognized over the term of the loan, which is included in other non-operating income. In first nine months 2012, we received principal payments of $2,704,000 and interest payments of $1,148,000. At third quarter-end 2012, the outstanding principal balance was $31,196,000.

Estimated accretable yield at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

	(In thousands)
Beginning of period (Second Quarter-End 2012)	$	27,833
Interest income recognized		(1,056	)
End of period	$	26,777

Notes receivable generally are secured by a deed of trust and generally due within three years.

Receivables and accrued interest principally include miscellaneous operating receivables arising in the normal course of business. In third quarter 2012, receivables increased by approximately $9,213,000 as a result of our acquisition of Credo.

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Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Debt

Note 9 — Debt

Debt consists of:

	Third Quarter-End 2012			Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Senior secured credit facility
Term loan facility — average interest rate of 4.22% at third quarter-end 2012 and 6.50% at year-end 2011		$	200,000		$	130,000
Revolving line of credit — average interest rate of 6.25% at third quarter-end 2012			27,000			—
Secured promissory notes — average interest rate of 2.85% at third quarter-end 2012 and 4.34% at year-end 2011			31,390			41,900
Other indebtedness due through 2017 at variable and fixed interest rates ranging from 5.00% to 8.00%			18,261			49,687
		$	276,651		$	221,587

Our debt agreements contain financial covenants customary for such agreements including minimum levels of interest coverage and limitations on leverage. At third quarter-end 2012, we were in compliance with the financial covenants of these agreements.

On September 14, 2012, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Revolving and Term Credit Agreement in order to consolidate previous amendments and to effect the following principal amendments to: increase the term loan commitment from $130,000,000 to $200,000,000; extend the maturity date of the revolving loan to September 14, 2015 (with a one-year extension option) and of the term loan to September 14, 2017; reduce the interest rate spread over LIBOR from 4.5 percent to 4.0 percent, and eliminate the LIBOR rate floor of 2 percent; increase the minimum interest coverage ratio from 1.05x to 1.50x; reduce the unused fee rate from 0.45 percent per annum to 0.25 percent – 0.35 percent per annum based on usage; and eliminate the minimum value to commitment ratio covenant and replace it with a reduction to the borrowing base to the extent the ratio of the value of assets in the borrowing base to the aggregate commitments under the facility is less than 1.50x.We incurred fees of $5,059,000 related to this amendment. The amendment and restatement of the term loan was an extinguishment of debt under the accounting guidance and, as result, we recognized a $4,448,000 loss in third quarter 2012 which is included in interest expense.

On September 28, 2012 we acquired 100 percent of the outstanding stock of Credo in an all cash transaction for $14.50 per share, representing an equity purchase price of approximately $146,445,000. In addition, we paid in full $8,770,000 of Credo’s outstanding debt. This transaction was funded with approximately $70,000,000 in borrowings from our term loan, $35,000,000 in borrowings from our revolving line of credit, and the remaining paid from our existing balance of cash and short-term investments.

At third quarter-end 2012, our senior secured credit facility provides for a $200,000,000 term loan and a $200,000,000 revolving line of credit. The revolving line of credit may be prepaid at any time without penalty. The term loan includes a prepayment fee of one percent if prepaid prior to March 14, 2013. The revolving line of credit includes a $100,000,000 sublimit for letters of credit, of which $2,604,000 is outstanding at third quarter-end 2012. Total borrowings under our senior secured credit facility (including the face amount of letters of credit) may not exceed a borrowing base formula. At third quarter-end 2012, we had $170,396,000 in net unused borrowing capacity under our senior secured credit facility.

Under the terms of the amended and restated credit agreement, at our option, we can borrow at LIBOR plus 4.0 percent or at the alternate base rate plus 3.0 percent. The alternate base rate is the highest of (i) KeyBank National Association’s base rate, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 percent or (iii) 30 day LIBOR plus 1 percent. Borrowings under the senior secured credit facility are or may be secured by (a) mortgages on the timberland, high value timberland and raw entitled land, as well as pledges of other rights including certain oil and gas properties (b) assignments of current and future leases, rents and contracts, (c) a security interest in our primary operating account, (d) a pledge of the equity interests in current and future material operating subsidiaries or majority-owned joint venture interests, or if such pledge is not permitted, a pledge of the right to distributions from such entities, (e) a pledge of reimbursements, hotel occupancy and other revenues payable to us from special improvement district tax collections in connection with our Cibolo Canyons project, and (f) a negative pledge (without a mortgage) on other assets. The senior secured credit facility provides for releases of real estate provided that borrowing base compliance is maintained.

At third quarter-end 2012, secured promissory notes includes a $15,400,000 loan collateralized by a 413 guest room hotel located in Austin with a carrying value of $20,098,000 and a $15,990,000 construction loan collateralized by a 289 unit multifamily project (currently under construction) located in Austin with a carrying value of $30,014,000. This loan will provide up to $19,550,000 in construction financing for this project.

At third quarter-end 2012, other indebtedness, principally non-recourse, is collateralized by entitled, developed and under development projects with a carrying value of $64,781,000. In third quarter 2012, other indebtedness decreased by $26,500,000 as result of selling of Broadstone Memorial, a 401 unit multifamily project in Houston. We received $29,474,000 in net proceeds, the buyer assumed the outstanding debt, and we recognized a gain on sale of $10,180,000. In second quarter 2012, other indebtedness decreased by $30,991,000 as result of a consolidated venture’s sale of approximately 800 acres (Light Farms Project) near Dallas. We received $24,294,000 in net proceeds; the buyer assumed the outstanding debt and we recognized a gain on sale of $3,401,000.

At third quarter-end 2012, we have $6,471,000 in unamortized deferred financing fees which are included in other assets. Amortization of deferred financing fees, excluding loss on extinguishment of debt, was $2,290,000 in first nine months 2012 and $2,161,000 in first nine months 2011 and is included in interest expense.

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Capital Stock

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Capital Stock

Note 11 — Capital Stock

Pursuant to our stockholder rights plan, each share of common stock outstanding is coupled with one-quarter of a preferred stock purchase right (Right). Each Right entitles our stockholders to purchase, under certain conditions, one one-hundredth of a share of newly issued Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $100. Rights will be exercisable only if someone acquires beneficial ownership of 20 percent or more of our common shares or commences a tender or exchange offer, upon consummation of which they would beneficially own 20 percent or more of our common shares. We will generally be entitled to redeem the Rights at $0.001 per Right at any time until the 10th business day following public announcement that a 20 percent position has been acquired. The Rights will expire on December 11, 2017.

Please read Note 17 for information about additional shares of common stock that could be issued under terms of our share-based compensation plans.

As a result of the 2007 spin-offs from Temple-Inland, at third quarter-end 2012, personnel of Temple-Inland and the other spin-off entity held options to purchase 969,000 shares of our common stock. The options have a weighted average exercise price of $22.59 per share and a weighted average remaining contractual term of three years. At third quarter-end 2012, the options have an aggregate intrinsic value of $1,042,000.

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Share Based Compensation (Share Based Compensation Expense (Income) Included) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Schedule Of Employee Service Share Based Compensation Expense Allocation [Line Items]
General and administrative expense	$ 3,298	$ (2,057)	$ 5,528	$ (234)
Other operating expense	3,029	(1,496)	5,963	633
Total share-based compensation	$ 6,327	$ (3,553)	$ 11,491	$ 399

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Share Based Compensation (Summarized Activity of Cash-Settled Restricted Stock Unit Awards) (Detail) (Cash Settled Restricted Stock Unit [Member], USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Cash Settled Restricted Stock Unit [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Non-vested at beginning of year, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 13.13
Granted, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 16.11
Vested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 10.32
Forfeited, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested at end of period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 17.03
Balance at beginning of year	449,000
Granted, Equivalent Units	187,000
Vested, Equivalent Units	(286,000)
Forfeited, Equivalent Units
Balance at end of period	350,000

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Share Based Compensation (Share Based Compensation Expense (Income)) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Schedule Of Employee Service Share Based Compensation Expense Allocation [Line Items]
Cash-settled awards	$ 4,547	$ (4,893)	$ 4,829	$ (4,212)
Equity-settled awards	609	265	2,438	676
Restricted stock	514	612	1,636	1,882
Stock options	657	463	2,588	2,053
Total share-based compensation	$ 6,327	$ (3,553)	$ 11,491	$ 399

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Business Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 Lot	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 28, 2012
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Outstanding debt paid		$ 46,374,000	$ 104,750,000
No. of residential and mixed use real estate projects acquisitions	17
Purchase price of acquisitions, Total	47,000,000	146,445,000
Purchase price of acquisitions, Real estate	31,891,000
Purchase price of acquisitions, Investment in unconsolidated ventures	14,236,000
Purchase price of acquisitions, Other assets				2,300,000
Purchase price of acquisitions, Liabilities				54,210,000
Residential And Mixed Use Projects [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Transaction costs included in general and administrative expenses		463,000
No. of residential and mixed use real estate projects acquisitions	17
Purchase price of acquisitions, Total	47,000,000
Proceeds from ventures		23,370,000
Purchase price of acquisitions, Real estate	31,891,000
Purchase price of acquisitions, Investment in unconsolidated ventures	14,236,000
Purchase price of acquisitions, Other assets	1,385,000
Purchase price of acquisitions, Liabilities	512,000
No. of developed lots	1,130
No. of planned lots	4,900
No. of commercial acres	460
Credo [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of interest acquired		100.00%
Purchase price of acquisitions, per share amount		$ 14.50
Purchase price of acquisitions		146,445,000
Outstanding debt paid		8,770,000
Transaction costs included in general and administrative expenses		$ 5,709,000

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Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Secured Promissory Notes [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Average interest rate	2.85%	4.34%
Other Indebtedness [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Variable and fixed interest rates ranging, minimum	5.00%
Variable and fixed interest rates ranging, maximum		8.00%
Term Loan Facility [Member] | Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Average interest rate	4.22%	6.50%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Senior Secured Credit Facility [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Average interest rate	6.25%

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Variable Interest Entities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Variable Interest Entities

Note 16 — Variable Interest Entities

At third quarter 2012, we are the primary beneficiary of one VIE that we consolidate. We have provided the majority of equity to this VIE, which absent our contributions or advances does not have sufficient equity to fund its operations. We have the authority to approve project budgets and the issuance of additional debt. At third quarter-end 2012, our consolidated balance sheet includes $1,342,000 in liabilities related to this VIE. In first nine months 2012, we contributed or advanced $1,000 to this VIE.

Also at third quarter-end 2012, we are not the primary beneficiary of three VIEs that we account for using the equity method. The unrelated managing partners oversee day-to-day operations and guarantee some of the debt of the VIEs while we have the authority to approve project budgets and the issuance of additional debt. Although some of the debt is guaranteed by the managing partners, we may under certain circumstances elect or be required to provide additional funds to these VIEs. At third quarter-end 2012, these three VIEs have total assets of $48,849,000, substantially all of which represent developed and undeveloped real estate and total liabilities of $80,283,000, which includes $63,624,000 of borrowings classified as current maturities. These amounts are included in unconsolidated ventures in the combined summarized balance sheet information accounted for using the equity method in Note 7. At third quarter-end 2012, our investment in these three VIEs is $1,497,000 and is included in investment in unconsolidated ventures. In first nine months 2012, we contributed or advanced $111,000 to these VIEs. Our maximum exposure to loss related to these VIEs is estimated at $34,400,000, which exceeds our investment as we have a nominal general partner interest in two of these VIEs and could be held responsible for their liabilities. The maximum exposure to loss represents the maximum loss that we could be required to recognize assuming all the ventures’ assets (principally real estate) are worthless, without consideration of the probability of a loss or of any actions we may take to mitigate any such loss.

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Shareholders' Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Reconciliation of Changes in Shareholders Equity

A reconciliation of changes in shareholders’ equity at third quarter-end 2012 follows:

	Forestar Group Inc.		Noncontrolling Interests			Total
	(In thousands)
Balance at year-end 2011	$	509,526	$	1,686		$	511,212
Net income		2,910		1,678			4,588
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		—		(1,504	)		(1,504	)
Contributions from noncontrolling interests		—		779			779
Other (primarily share-based compensation)		6,540		(354	)		6,186
Balance at third quarter-end 2012	$	518,976	$	2,285		$	521,261

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Receivables (Estimated Accretable Yield) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Beginning of period (Second Quarter-End 2012)	$ 27,833
Interest income recognized	(1,056)
End of period	$ 26,777

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Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Number of common stock shares issued	66,320

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Consolidated net income	$ 4,588	$ 30,935
Adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization	12,084	7,335
Deferred income taxes	(2,971)	(11,013)
Tax benefits not recognized for book purposes	114	144
Equity in (earnings) of unconsolidated ventures	(2,172)	(1,632)
Distributions of earnings of unconsolidated ventures	516	5,307
Distributions of earnings to noncontrolling interests	(1,434)	(2,899)
Proceeds from consolidated ventures' sale of assets, net	24,294
Non-cash share-based compensation	11,491	399
Non-cash real estate cost of sales	25,998	17,149
Non-cash cost of assets sold		24,931
Real estate development and acquisition expenditures, net	(67,127)	(49,530)
Acquisition of loan secured by real estate		(21,137)
Reimbursements from utility and improvement districts	2,922	2,270
Other changes in real estate	835	(237)
Cost of timber cut	868	856
Deferred income	927	345
Asset impairments		450
Gain on sale of assets	(25,506)	(181)
Other	(35)	115
Changes in:
Notes and accounts receivable	(645)	(464)
Prepaid expenses and other	1,300	581
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	452	9,962
Income taxes	(7,283)	19,130
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities	(20,784)	32,816
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Property, equipment, software and reforestation	(1,577)	(1,466)
Oil and natural gas properties and equipment	(2,794)	(3,414)
Investment in unconsolidated ventures	(1,684)	(1,350)
Return of investment in unconsolidated ventures	985	688
Proceeds from termination of timber lease		290
Proceeds from sale of multifamily property	29,474
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment		103
Business acquisition, net of cash acquired	(152,073)
Proceeds from sale of venture interest	32,095
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities	(95,574)	(5,149)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Payments of debt	(46,374)	(104,750)
Additions to debt	158,929	106,858
Deferred financing fees	(5,209)	(3,746)
Return of investment to noncontrolling interest	(69)	(2)
Exercise of stock options	1,269	1,171
Repurchases of common stock		(2,126)
Payroll taxes on restricted stock and stock options	(1,171)	(1,290)
Tax benefit from share-based compensation	373	(110)
Other	606	83
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities	108,354	(3,912)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(8,004)	23,755
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	18,283	5,366
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 10,279	$ 29,121

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Timber

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Timber

Note 5 — Timber

We own directly or through ventures about 129,000 acres of timber, primarily in Georgia, and about 17,000 acres of timber under lease. The non-cash cost of timber cut and sold was $868,000 in first nine months 2012 and $856,000 in first nine months 2011.

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Segment Information - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Segment Customer	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 28, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of business segments			3
Amount of assets allocated to segment					$ 209,425,000
Number of Customers who contributed to more than 10 percent of revenue			0
Maximum percentage of revenue from customer			10.00%
Transaction costs related to acquisition	3,248,000	459,000	5,709,000	3,187,000
Extinguishment of debt included in Interest expense	4,448,000
Georgia Alabama And Texas [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of timberland		$ 87,061,000
Area of land		57,000		57,000

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Share Based Compensation (Summarized Activity of Restricted Stock Awards) (Detail) (Restricted Stock [Member], USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Non-vested at beginning of year, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 15.02
Granted, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Vested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 12.65
Forfeited, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested at end of period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 17.03
Balance at beginning of year	399
Granted, Equivalent Units
Vested, Equivalent Units	(183)
Forfeited, Equivalent Units
Balance at end of period	216

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Investment in Unconsolidated Ventures (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Summarized Balance Sheet Information

Combined summarized balance sheet information for our ventures accounted for using the equity method follows:

	Venture Assets				Venture Borrowings (a)				Venture Equity						Our Investment
	Third Quarter- End 2012		Year-End 2011		Third Quarter- End 2012		Year-End 2011		Third Quarter- End 2012			Year-End 2011			Third Quarter-End 2012			Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
242, LLC (b)	$	21,356	$	23,688	$	1,512	$	4,429	$	18,888		$	18,536		$	8,540		$	8,332
CJUF III, RH Holdings		11,336		—		1		—		10,175			—			4,077			—
CL Ashton Woods (c)		17,530		—		—		—		17,030			—			7,024			—
CL Realty		7,970		51,096		—		1,056		7,624			48,608			3,812			24,304
FMF Peakview		10,883		—		—		—		10,716			—			2,143			—
HM Stonewall Estates (c)		5,243		—		316		—		4,932			—			2,354			—
LM Land Holdings (c)		18,645		—		2,668		—		12,943			—			5,938			—
Palisades West		—		124,588		—		—		—			81,635			—			20,412
Round Rock Luxury Apartments		33,247		34,434		28,301		28,544		4,207			4,865			2,856			3,312
Temco		13,250		18,922		—		2,787		12,902			15,896			6,451			7,948
Other ventures (4) (b) (d)		17,278		16,938		37,923		38,002		(34,090	)		(34,045	)		(154	)		(85	)
	$	156,738	$	269,666	$	70,721	$	74,818	$	65,327		$	135,495		$	43,041		$	64,223

Summarized Income Statement Information

Combined summarized income statement information for our ventures accounted for using the equity method follows:

	Revenues								Earnings (Loss)												Our share of earnings (loss)
	Third Quarter				First Nine Months				Third Quarter						First Nine Months						Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012		2011		2012		2011		2012			2011			2012			2011			2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
242, LLC (b)	$	1,072	$	957	$	2,925	$	1,420	$	163		$	128		$	352		$	124		$	93		$	64		$	208		$	62
CJUF III, RH Holdings		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
CL Ashton Woods (c)		740		—		2,089		—		197			—			458						350			—			874			—
CL Realty		298		2,290		2,294		5,808		104			1,091			840			2,481			52			571			420			1,266
FMF Peakview		—		—		—		—		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
HM Stonewall Estates (c)		526		—		1,696		—		146			—			543			—			57			—			216			—
LM Land Holdings (c)		1,700		—		4,970		—		340			—			1,207			—			(16	)		—			151			—
Palisades West		—		4,142		—		12,256		—			1,461			—			4,372			—			365			—			1,093
Round Rock Luxury Apartments		1,179		1,420		3,461		3,388		50			(157	)		82			(367	)		25			(90	)		57			(209	)
Temco		60		89		560		435		(18	)		(366	)		(142	)		(782	)		(9	)		(183	)		(71	)		(391	)
Other ventures (4)		467		301		1,064		3,535		(224	)		(583	)		(661	)		(2,501	)		128			(79	)		317			(189	)
	$	6,042	$	9,199	$	19,059	$	26,842	$	758		$	1,574		$	2,679		$	3,327		$	680		$	648		$	2,172		$	1,632

^(a)  Total includes current maturities of $65,665,000 at third quarter-end 2012, of which $36,914,000 is non-recourse to us, and $71,816,000 at year-end 2011, of which $43,144,000 is non-recourse to us.

^(b)  Includes unamortized deferred gains on real estate contributed by us to ventures. We recognize deferred gains as income as real estate is sold to third parties. Deferred gains of $904,000 are reflected as a reduction to our investment in unconsolidated ventures at third quarter-end 2012.

^(c)  In first quarter 2012, we acquired CL Realty’s equity investment in these residential and mixed-use ventures at estimated fair value. The difference between estimated fair value of the equity investment and our capital account within the respective ventures at closing (basis difference) will be accreted as income or expense over the life of the investment and included in equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures. Unrecognized basis difference of $3,240,000 is reflected as a reduction of our investment in unconsolidated ventures at third quarter-end 2012.

^(d)  Our investment in other ventures reflects our ownership interests generally ranging from 25 to 50 percent, excluding venture losses that exceed our investment where we are not obligated to fund those losses. Please read Note 16 for additional information.

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Real Estate - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012 acre	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012 Utility And Improvement District [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Utility And Improvement District [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Utility And Improvement District [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Cibolo Canyons Project [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Special Improvement District [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Special Improvement District [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 San Antonio Texas [Member] Cibolo Canyons Project [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 San Antonio Texas [Member] Cibolo Canyons Project [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 San Antonio Texas [Member] Cibolo Canyons Project [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Dallas Texas [Member] acre	Sep. 30, 2012 Houston, Texas [Member] Multi Family Property [Member] Unit	Sep. 30, 2012 Houston, Texas [Member] Multi Family Property [Member] Unit	Sep. 30, 2012 Austin, Texas [Member] Multi Family Property [Member] Unit	Sep. 30, 2012 Austin, Texas [Member] Hotel Property [Member] Unit
Real Estate Properties [Line Items]
Cost of asset in developed and under development projects								$ 53,834,000		$ 61,526,000					$ 34,252,000	$ 34,802,000
Decrease cost of asset in developed and under development projects														11,065,000
Area of consolidated venture light farms project				800													800
Costs relate to water, sewer and other infrastructure assets								4,345,000	2,336,000
Reimbursement collection from districts								972,000	187,000
Collection from hotel occupancy and sales revenue as tax												1,950,000	2,083,000
Investment in resort development											33,418,000
Increased entitled, developed and under development projects							31,891,000
Decreased entitled, developed and under development projects																	51,493,000
Proceeds from consolidated venture's sale of assets, net	29,474,000	24,294,000			24,294,000
Outstanding debt of buyer		30,991,000
Gain on sale of assets	10,196,000	3,401,000	61,784,000		25,506,000	61,965,000
Decrease in Commercial & income producing properties																		45,794,000	45,794,000
Real estate property sale price																		56,400,000	56,400,000
Proceeds from sale of multifamily property					29,474,000													29,474,000	29,474,000
Gain on sale of assets																		10,180,000	10,180,000
Outstanding debt assumed by buyer																		26,500,000	26,500,000
Commercial and income producing properties, investment																					20,098,000
Commercial and income producing properties, investment unit																		401	401		413
Commercial and income producing properties commencing construction																				30,014,000
Commercial and income producing properties commencing construction unit																				289
Commercial and income producing properties, investment Commercial and income producing properties, investment unit Commercial and income producing properties commencing construction Commercial and income producing properties commencing construction unit Invested in construction cost associated with property					16,809,000
Estimated cost of construction					1,643,000
Depreciation expense, related to commercial and income producing properties					$ 2,736,000	$ 2,650,000

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Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Segment Information

Note 15 — Segment Information

We manage our operations through three business segments: real estate, mineral resources and fiber resources. Real estate secures entitlements and develops infrastructure on our lands for single-family residential and mixed-use communities, and manages our undeveloped land, commercial and income producing properties, primarily a hotel and our multifamily investments. Mineral resources manages our oil, natural gas and water interests. Fiber resources manages our timber and recreational leases.

Assets allocated by segment are as follows:

	Third Quarter-End 2012			Year-End 2011
	(In thousands)
Real estate		$	578,231		$	655,592
Mineral resources			226,213			18,902
Fiber resources			13,323			14,444
Assets not allocated to segments			72,172			105,919
Total assets		$	889,939		$	794,857

On September 28, 2012, we acquired Credo and as a result, we allocated approximately $209,425,000 in assets to our mineral resources segment related to this transaction. Third quarter 2012 mineral resources segment earnings associated with this acquisition were not significant.

We evaluate performance based on segment earnings (loss) before unallocated items and income taxes. Segment earnings (loss) consist of operating income, equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated ventures, gain on sale of assets, interest income on loans secured by real estate and net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests. Items not allocated to our business segments consist of general and administrative expense, share-based compensation, gain on sale of strategic timberland, interest expense and other corporate non-operating income and expense. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the accounting policy note to the consolidated financial statements. Our revenues are derived from our U.S. operations and all of our assets are located in the U.S. In third quarter 2012, no single customer accounted for more than 10 percent of our total revenues.

Segment revenues and earnings are as follows:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Revenues:
Real estate	$	27,115		$	19,060		$	71,684		$	59,814
Mineral resources		10,479			5,871			27,053			17,784
Fiber resources		3,016			1,310			5,277			3,968
Total revenues	$	40,610		$	26,241		$	104,014		$	81,566
Segment earnings:
Real estate	$	12,688		$	(4,266	)	$	31,931		$	(684	)
Mineral resources		6,091			3,592			15,919			12,292
Fiber resources		1,798			446			2,782			1,790
Total segment earnings		20,577			(228	)		50,632			13,398
Items not allocated to segments (a)		(22,358	)		56,265			(46,448	)		32,705
Income (loss) before taxes attributable to Forestar Group Inc.	$	(1,781	)	$	56,037		$	4,184		$	46,103

^(a)  Items not allocated to segments consist of:

	Third Quarter						First Nine Months
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
General and administrative expense	$	(8,000	)	$	(4,827	)	$	(19,482	)	$	(15,824	)
Shared-based compensation expense		(6,327	)		3,553			(11,491	)		(399	)
Gain on sale of assets		16			61,784			16			61,784
Interest expense		(8,094	)		(4,271	)		(15,649	)		(12,933	)
Other corporate non-operating income and expense		47			26			158			77
	$	(22,358	)	$	56,265		$	(46,448	)	$	32,705

In third quarter and first nine months 2012, general and administrative expense includes $3,248,000 and $5,709,000 in transaction costs associated with our September 28, 2012 acquisition of Credo. In third quarter and first nine months 2011, general and administrative expense includes $459,000 and $3,187,000 associated with proposed private debt offerings that we withdrew as a result of deterioration of the terms available to us in the capital markets.

Third quarter and first nine months 2012 share-based compensation expense increased as a result of increase in our stock price and the impact on cash-settled awards.

In third quarter 2011, gain on sale of assets represents the gain from selling 57,000 acres of timberland in Georgia, Alabama and Texas for $87,061,000.

In third quarter 2012, interest expense includes a $4,448,000 loss on extinguishment of debt associated with the amendment and restatement of our term loan on September 14, 2012.