Basis of Presentation	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	1. Basis of Presentation Century Communities, Inc. (which we refer to as “we,” “CCS,” or the “Company”) is engaged in the development, design, construction, marketing and sale of single-family attached and detached homes in metropolitan areas in the States of California, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington. In many of our projects, in addition to building homes, we are responsible for the entitlement and development of the underlying land. Our homebuilding operations are organized into the following four reportable segments based on the geographic regions in which we operate: West, Mountain, Texas and Southeast. Additionally, our indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries Inspire Home Loans Inc. and Parkway Title, LLC, which provide mortgage and title services to our home buyers, respectively, have been identified as our Financial Services operating segment. On August 4, 2017, we acquired UCP, Inc. (which we refer to as “UCP”). UCP is a homebuilder and land developer with expertise in residential land acquisition, development and entitlement, as well as home design, construction and sales, with operations in the States of California, Washington, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The merger was unanimously approved by the board of directors of both the Company and UCP and was also approved by UCP stockholders on August 1, 2017. In connection with the merger, each share of UCP Class A common stock outstanding immediately prior to the closing was converted into $5.32 in cash and 0.2309 of a newly issued share of our common stock. Approximately 4.2 million shares of our common stock were issued in connection with the merger and $97.7 million was paid in cash. Our operating results presented herein include the operations of UCP from the period beginning on August 4, 2017 through September 30, 2017. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (which we refer to as “GAAP”) for interim financial statements and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (which we refer to as the “SEC”). In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments consisting of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and results of operations. Interim results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full year. The financial statements and related notes do not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 that was filed with the SEC on February 15, 2017. Principles of Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, as well as all subsidiaries in which we have a controlling interest, and variable interest entities for which the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary. We do not have any variable interest entities in which we are deemed the primary beneficiary. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Mortgage Loans Held for Sale We use best efforts commitments with various investors to mitigate the risk associated with mortgage loans held for sale. Best efforts commitments which fix the forward sales price that will be realized in the secondary market are used to eliminate our interest rate and price risks. These best effort commitments are considered derivative instruments under ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” however, we do not have any derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments as of September 30, 2017. Substantially all of the loans originated by us and their related servicing rights are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time after origination, generally within 30 days. In accordance with ASC 825, “Financial Instruments” we use the fair value option to record residential mortgage loans available-for-sale at the price they are committed to be sold under the best efforts commitments. Expected gains and losses from the sale of our loans held for sale are included in the measurement of written loan commitments that are accounted for at fair value through Financial Services revenues at the time of commitment. As of September 30, 2017, mortgage loans available-for-sale had an aggregate fair value of $30.1 million and an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $28.7 million. The net gain resulting from changes in fair value of the best efforts commitments and mortgage loans held in inventory totaled $0.8 million and $1.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. Realized net gains from the sale of mortgages during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $0.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and have been included in Financial Services revenues. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. Reclassification Certain items on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 have been reclassified to conform to our current presentation. We have included “Golf course and other revenue” with “Land sales and other revenues”; we have included “Cost of golf course and other revenue” with “Cost of land sales and other revenues”; and we have combined “Interest income,” “Interest expense,” and “Gain on disposition of assets” into “Other income (expense)” in our current presentation. We have also adjusted prior period segment information to conform to the current period presentation, see detail in “2. Reporting Segments.” Recently Issued Accounting Standards In August 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (which we refer to as “FASB”) issued ASU 2015-14, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” ASU 2015-14 defers the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” and will be effective for the Company beginning on January 1, 2018, including interim reporting periods within that period. Early adoption is permitted as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We plan to adopt ASU 2015-14 on January 1, 2018 under the modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures, and have been involved in industry specific discussions on the treatment of certain items. We have evaluated our home sales contracts in each of our regions and have determined that there will not be a material impact on the amount or timing in recording home sales revenues as a result of adopting ASU 2015-14. We are continuing to evaluate the accounting treatment of other aspects of our business that may be affected by our adoption of ASU 2015-14. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).” ASU 2016-02 requires the recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous GAAP. ASU 2016-02 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2019 and interim periods within the annual periods. We are currently evaluating the impact ASU 2016-02 will have on our consolidated financial statements. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” ASU 2016-09 simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions including income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2017 and interim periods within the annual periods. We have adopted this standard and as a result have realized excess tax benefits of $1.1 million, which is included as a reduction to “Income tax expense” in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Our calculation of earnings per share was also modified to reflect a change to exclude excess tax benefits from assumed proceeds in our computation of diluted shares outstanding under the treasury method. We have elected to continue to estimate forfeitures in recognizing the expense for our equity awards. Employee taxes paid by withholding shares on vesting of stock compensation are classified as a financing activity in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows - Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments.” ASU 2016-15 consists of eight provisions that provide guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2017. We do not believe that ASU 2016-15 will have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements. In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.” ASU 2017-04 requires only a one-step quantitative impairment test, whereby a goodwill impairment loss will be measured as the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value. It eliminates Step 2 of the current two-step goodwill impairment test. ASU 2017-04 is effective for annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and early adoption is permitted. We elected to early adopt ASU 2017-04 for the reporting period beginning January 1, 2017. Our adoption of ASU 2017-04 has not had a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

1. Basis of Presentation

Century Communities, Inc. (which we refer to as “we,” “CCS,” or the “Company”) is engaged in the development, design, construction, marketing and sale of single-family attached and detached homes in metropolitan areas in the States of California, Colorado, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington. In many of our projects, in addition to building homes, we are responsible for the entitlement and development of the underlying land. Our homebuilding operations are organized into the following four reportable segments based on the geographic regions in which we operate: West, Mountain, Texas and Southeast. Additionally, our indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries Inspire Home Loans Inc. and Parkway Title, LLC, which provide mortgage and title services to our home buyers, respectively, have been identified as our Financial Services operating segment.

On August 4, 2017, we acquired UCP, Inc. (which we refer to as “UCP”). UCP is a homebuilder and land developer with expertise in residential land acquisition, development and entitlement, as well as home design, construction and sales, with operations in the States of California, Washington, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The merger was unanimously approved by the board of directors of both the Company and UCP and was also approved by UCP stockholders on August 1, 2017. In connection with the merger, each share of UCP Class A common stock outstanding immediately prior to the closing was converted into $5.32 in cash and 0.2309 of a newly issued share of our common stock. Approximately 4.2 million shares of our common stock were issued in connection with the merger and $97.7 million was paid in cash. Our operating results presented herein include the operations of UCP from the period beginning on August 4, 2017 through September 30, 2017.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (which we refer to as “GAAP”) for interim financial statements and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (which we refer to as the “SEC”). In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments consisting of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and results of operations. Interim results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full year. The financial statements and related notes do not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 that was filed with the SEC on February 15, 2017.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, as well as all subsidiaries in which we have a controlling interest, and variable interest entities for which the Company is deemed to be the primary beneficiary. We do not have any variable interest entities in which we are deemed the primary beneficiary. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Mortgage Loans Held for Sale

We use best efforts commitments with various investors to mitigate the risk associated with mortgage loans held for sale. Best efforts commitments which fix the forward sales price that will be realized in the secondary market are used to eliminate our interest rate and price risks. These best effort commitments are considered derivative instruments under ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging,” however, we do not have any derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments as of September 30, 2017. Substantially all of the loans originated by us and their related servicing rights are sold in the secondary mortgage market within a short period of time after origination, generally within 30 days. In accordance with ASC 825, “Financial Instruments” we use the fair value option to record residential mortgage loans available-for-sale at the price they are committed to be sold under the best efforts commitments.

Expected gains and losses from the sale of our loans held for sale are included in the measurement of written loan commitments that are accounted for at fair value through Financial Services revenues at the time of commitment. As of September 30, 2017, mortgage loans available-for-sale had an aggregate fair value of $30.1 million and an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $28.7 million. The net gain resulting from changes in fair value of the best efforts commitments and mortgage loans held in inventory totaled $0.8 million and $1.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. Realized net gains from the sale of mortgages during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 were $0.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, and have been included in Financial Services revenues.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassification

Certain items on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 have been reclassified to conform to our current presentation. We have included “Golf course and other revenue” with “Land sales and other revenues”; we have included “Cost of golf course and other revenue” with “Cost of land sales and other revenues”; and we have combined “Interest income,” “Interest expense,” and “Gain on disposition of assets” into “Other income (expense)” in our current presentation. We have also adjusted prior period segment information to conform to the current period presentation, see detail in “2. Reporting Segments.”

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In August 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (which we refer to as “FASB”) issued ASU 2015-14, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” ASU 2015-14 defers the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” and will be effective for the Company beginning on January 1, 2018, including interim reporting periods within that period. Early adoption is permitted as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We plan to adopt ASU 2015-14 on January 1, 2018 under the modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures, and have been involved in industry specific discussions on the treatment of certain items. We have evaluated our home sales contracts in each of our regions and have determined that there will not be a material impact on the amount or timing in recording home sales revenues as a result of adopting ASU 2015-14. We are continuing to evaluate the accounting treatment of other aspects of our business that may be affected by our adoption of ASU 2015-14.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).” ASU 2016-02 requires the recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous GAAP. ASU 2016-02 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2019 and interim periods within the annual periods. We are currently evaluating the impact ASU 2016-02 will have on our consolidated financial statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.” ASU 2016-09 simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions including income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2017 and interim periods within the annual periods. We have adopted this standard and as a result have realized excess tax benefits of $1.1 million, which is included as a reduction to “Income tax expense” in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Our calculation of earnings per share was also modified to reflect a change to exclude excess tax benefits from assumed proceeds in our computation of diluted shares outstanding under the treasury method. We have elected to continue to estimate forfeitures in recognizing the expense for our equity awards. Employee taxes paid by withholding shares on vesting of stock compensation are classified as a financing activity in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows - Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments.” ASU 2016-15 consists of eight provisions that provide guidance on the classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods therein, beginning after December 15, 2017. We do not believe that ASU 2016-15 will have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.” ASU 2017-04 requires only a one-step quantitative impairment test, whereby a goodwill impairment loss will be measured as the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value. It eliminates Step 2 of the current two-step goodwill impairment test. ASU 2017-04 is effective for annual reporting periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and early adoption is permitted. We elected to early adopt ASU 2017-04 for the reporting period beginning January 1, 2017. Our adoption of ASU 2017-04 has not had a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.