Debt Instrument, Amount Replaced With Working Capital To Debt Ratio Financial Covenant

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Debt Instrument, Annual Fee Percentage

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Maximum Ratio Pledged Shares To Outstanding Balance

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Net increase or decrease in the carrying amount of the debt instrument for the period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(f))
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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.16)
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-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 19, 20, 22
-Article 5

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Debt (Notes Payable And Other Borrowings, Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Feb. 29, 2016
Stifel Bank & Trust [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 10.0
Debt instrument, annual fee percentage	0.50%
Maximum ratio pledged shares to outstanding balance	40.00%
Line of credit, outstanding		$ 0.0
Bluegreen [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance during period		0.0
BBX Capital Corporation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance during period		$ 0.0
Prime Rate [Member] \| Stifel Bank & Trust [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on rate	5.00%
LIBOR [Member] \| Stifel Bank & Trust [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on rate	7.50%
Iberia Line Of Credit [Member] \| BBX Capital Corporation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount replaced with working capital to debt ratio financial covenant			$ 5.0