Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Home closings revenue, net	$ 812,185	$ 779,190	$ 2,271,154	$ 1,955,170
Land closings revenue	27,418	5,782	44,957	22,712
Mortgage operations revenue	13,814	11,316	36,951	28,794
Total revenues	853,417	796,288	2,353,062	2,006,676
Cost of home closings	658,507	635,935	1,852,724	1,594,691
Cost of land closings	8,179	3,919	20,497	13,152
Mortgage operations expenses	7,877	6,962	22,594	18,120
Total cost of revenues	674,563	646,816	1,895,815	1,625,963
Gross margin	178,854	149,472	457,247	380,713
Sales, commissions and other marketing costs	58,277	53,482	165,300	136,724
General and administrative expenses	29,944	25,264	91,078	70,171
Equity in (income)/loss of unconsolidated entities	(1,646)	120	(4,734)	(1,408)
Interest income, net	(47)	(33)	(149)	(165)
Other expense, net	1,935	2,393	8,602	11,625
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	0	0	33,317
Gain on foreign currency forward	0	0	0	(29,983)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	90,391	68,246	197,150	160,432
Income tax provision	31,707	22,452	66,698	54,434
Net income from continuing operations	58,684	45,794	130,452	105,998
Discontinued operations:
Transaction expenses from discontinued operations	0	0	0	(9,043)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations	0	0	0	80,205
Income tax expense from discontinued operations	0	0	0	(14,500)
Net income from discontinued operations	0	0	0	56,662
Net income before allocation to non-controlling interests	58,684	45,794	130,452	162,660
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests — joint ventures	(376)	(138)	(856)	(1,427)
Net income before non-controlling interests — Principal Equityholders	58,308	45,656	129,596	161,233
Net income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests — Principal Equityholders	(43,471)	(33,312)	(96,261)	(76,470)
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to non-controlling interests — Principal Equityholders	0	0	0	(41,381)
Net income available to Taylor Morrison Home Corporation	$ 14,837	$ 12,344	$ 33,335	$ 43,382
Earnings per common share - basic:
Income from continuing operations (usd per share)	$ 0.49	$ 0.37	$ 1.07	$ 0.85
Income from discontinued operations - net of tax (usd per share)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.46
Net income available to Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (usd per share)	0.49	0.37	1.07	1.31
Earnings per common share - diluted:
Income from continuing operations (usd per share)	0.49	0.37	1.07	0.85
Income from discontinued operations - net of tax (usd per share)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.46
Net income available to Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (usd per share)	$ 0.49	$ 0.37	$ 1.07	$ 1.31
Weighted average number of shares of common stock:
Basic (in shares)	30,427	33,122	31,300	33,088
Diluted (in shares)	120,103	122,458	120,870	122,412