Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Home closings revenue, net	$ 3,425,521	$ 2,889,968	$ 2,619,558
Land closings revenue	64,553	43,770	53,381
Mortgage operations revenue	59,955	43,082	35,493
Total revenues	3,550,029	2,976,820	2,708,432
Cost of home closings	2,801,739	2,358,823	2,082,819
Cost of land closings	35,912	24,546	39,696
Mortgage operations expenses	32,099	25,536	19,671
Total cost of revenues	2,869,750	2,408,905	2,142,186
Gross margin	680,279	567,915	566,246
Sales, commissions and other marketing costs	239,556	198,676	168,897
General and administrative expenses	122,207	95,235	81,153
Equity in income of unconsolidated entities	(7,453)	(1,759)	(5,405)
Interest (income)/expense, net	(184)	(192)	1,160
Other expense, net	11,947	11,634	18,447
Loss on extinguishment of debt	0	33,317	0
Gain on foreign currency forward	0	(29,983)	0
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	314,206	260,987	301,994
Income tax provision	107,643	90,001	76,395
Net income from continuing operations	206,563	170,986	225,599
Discontinued operations:
Income from discontinued operations	0	0	61,786
Transaction expenses from discontinued operations	0	(9,043)	0
Gain on sale of discontinued operations	0	80,205	0
Income tax expense from discontinued operations	0	(13,103)	(19,884)
Net income from discontinued operations	0	58,059	41,902
Net income before allocation to non-controlling interests	206,563	229,045	267,501
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests — joint ventures	(1,294)	(1,681)	(1,648)
Net income before non-controlling interests — Principal Equityholders	205,269	227,364	265,853
Net income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests — Principal Equityholders	(152,653)	(123,909)	(163,790)
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to non-controlling interests — Principal Equityholders	0	(42,406)	(30,594)
Net income available to Taylor Morrison Home Corporation	$ 52,616	$ 61,049	$ 71,469
Earnings per common share — basic:
Income from continuing operations (usd per share)	$ 1.69	$ 1.38	$ 1.83
Discontinued operations - net of tax (usd per share)	0.00	0.47	0.34
Net income available to Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (usd per share)	1.69	1.85	2.17
Earnings per common share — diluted:
Income from continuing operations (usd per share)	1.69	1.38	1.83
Discontinued operations - net of tax (usd per share)	0.00	0.47	0.34
Net income available to Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (usd per share)	$ 1.69	$ 1.85	$ 2.17
Weighted average number of shares of common stock:
Basic (in shares)	31,084	33,063	32,937
Diluted (in shares)	120,832	122,384	122,313