Earnings Per Share - Summary of Earnings Per Common Share (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Numerator:
Net income available to TMHC - basic	$ 14,837	$ 12,344	$ 33,335	$ 43,382
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	0	0	56,662
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax attributable to non-controlling interest – Principal Equityholders	0	0	0	(41,381)
Net income from discontinued operations – basic	0	0	0	15,281
Net income from continuing operations - basic	14,837	12,344	33,335	28,101
Net income from continuing operations - basic	14,837	12,344	33,335	28,101
Net income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interest – Principal Equityholders	43,471	33,312	96,261	76,470
Loss fully attributable to public holding company	19	5	191	234
Net income from continuing operations – diluted	58,327	45,661	129,787	104,805
Net income from discontinued operations - diluted	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 56,662
Denominator:
Weighted average shares - basic (Class A) (in shares)	30,427	33,122	31,300	33,088
Weighted average shares - Principal Equityholders' non-controlling interest (Class B) (in shares)	89,053	89,158	89,089	89,188
Restricted stock units (in shares)	522	178	463	136
Stock Options (in shares)	101	0	18	0
Weighted average shares - diluted (in shares)	120,103	122,458	120,870	122,412
Earnings per common share - basic:
Income from continuing operations (usd per share)	$ 0.49	$ 0.37	$ 1.07	$ 0.85
Income from discontinued operations, nets 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