Estimated Development Liability (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) home	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Estimated Development Liability
Cash expenditures for obligations related to prior sales	$ 100
Estimated development liability	$ 31,446	$ 31,556
Minimum
Estimated Development Liability
Number of estimated homes the estimated liability covers (homesites) \| home	8,000

Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the liability for the obligation to provide retail land sale buyers with improvements.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 976
-SubTopic 330
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6497913&loc=d3e22628-108666

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