Line Of Credit Facility, Conditional Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Percentage of Appraised Value Restriction

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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Percentage of Appraised Value Restriction Land

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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Percentage of Appraised Value Restriction of Lots Under Development

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Line Of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity, Swing Line

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Principal amount of debt retired

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Amount of long-term debt before deduction of unamortized discount or premium. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt, with initial maturities beyond one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22)

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Publisher FASB

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-Topic 835

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to interest.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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-Topic 942

-SubTopic 470

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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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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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Including the current and noncurrent portions, aggregate carrying amount of all types of notes payable, as of the balance sheet date, with initial maturities beyond one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details) (USD $)	Apr. 07, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2012	Feb. 15, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Feb. 04, 2011	Jun. 30, 2014	Aug. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest payments		$ 12,300,000	$ 3,700,000
Percentage of appraised value restriction	85.00%
Percentage of appraised value restriction of lots under development	65.00%
Percentage of appraised value restriction land	50.00%
Notes payable		299,956,000us-gaap_NotesPayable				299,956,000us-gaap_NotesPayable
Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	105,000,000
Conditional maximum borrowing capacity	175,000,000
Swing line maximum borrowing capacity	30,000,000
Borrowings outstanding		0
7.50% Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)		7.50%	7.50%			7.50%
7.50% Notes [Member] \| Senior Convertible Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt		55,481,000				55,481,000
Aggregate principal amount							100,000,000.0
Stated interest rate (percent)							7.50%
7.50% Notes [Member] \| Senior Exchange Convertible Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (percent)				7.50%
Principal amount of debt retired				44,500,000
7.50% Senior Exchange Convertible Notes [Member] \| Senior Exchange Convertible Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt		44,475,000				44,475,000
Aggregate principal amount				0
Stated interest rate (percent)				7.50%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage					100.00%
8.5% Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt		200,000,000				200,000,000
Aggregate principal amount								200,000,000
Stated interest rate (percent)								8.50%
Senior Credit Facility [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding debt						0
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	65,000,000
Citibank N.A. [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity									$ 40,000,000