Inventory (Summary Of Inventory) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Inventory [Line Items]
Total Inventory	$ 216,553	$ 220,929
Bluegreen [Member]
Inventory [Line Items]
Completed VOI units	164,988	166,781
Construction-in-progress		10,455
Real estate held for future development	94,186	90,400
Other	765	718
Purchase accounting adjustment	(43,386)	(47,425)
Total Inventory	$ 216,553	$ 220,929

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Other Inventory

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Total of (1) improvements, (2) held-for-sale, (3) land and land under development, (4) construction-in-process, (5) mortgage loans held-in-inventory, and (6) other real estate investments which are considered inventory due to being held for sale or disposition.

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Cost of real estate projects incurred for projects for eventual sale or transfer (condominium or time share projects, vacation clubs).

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date, net of valuation allowances and impairment losses, of costs of land expected to be developed in the near term plus capitalized costs of development, for purposes of selling completed units to home buyers or commercial or industrial entities..

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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Amount of real estate which is available for sale in the form of shared property ownership in which rights vest in several owners (buyers, timeshare holders) to use the property for a specified period each year (timeshare). Included in this item would be real estate assets in which timeshares are for sale, such as in condominiums at timeshare resorts. Excluded from this item would be assets, other than real estate, in which the Entity has sold or intends to sell timeshares, such as for cruises, recreational vehicles, campgrounds, aircraft (fractional ownership) and other types of rights.

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