Transactions with Related Parties	12 Months Ended
Transactions with Related Parties	Dec. 31, 2015
Transactions with Related Parties [Abstract]
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]	Transactions with Related Parties The Company made a contribution of $0.6 million in 2015 to the M/I Homes Foundation, a charitable organization having certain officers and directors of the Company on its Board of Trustees. The Company had a receivable of $0.2 million at both December 31, 2015 and 2014 due from an executive officer, relating to amounts owed to the Company for split-dollar life insurance policy premiums. The Company will collect the receivable either directly from the executive officer, if employment terminates other than by death, or from the executive officer’s beneficiary, if employment terminates due to death of the executive officer. We also have an outstanding loan to one of our unconsolidated joint ventures for $2.5 million in which we are one of the partners in the joint venture. The receivables are recorded in Other Assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.