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The aggregate financial services revenue and operating interest income earned during the reporting period.

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to domestic operations.

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The aggregate revenue from real estate operations during the reporting period.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Segment Information (Operating Data By Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$ 1,786,464us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet	$ 1,561,273us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet	$ 1,254,989us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet	$ 1,093,999us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet	$ 1,624,959us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet	$ 1,547,742us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet	$ 1,240,060us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet	$ 1,125,883us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet	$ 5,696,725us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet	$ 5,538,644us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet	$ 4,659,110us-gaap_RealEstateRevenueNet
Financial Services	36,093us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	33,452us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	31,198us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	24,895us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	30,380us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	34,336us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	39,362us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	36,873us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	125,638us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	140,951us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue	160,888us-gaap_FinancialServicesRevenue
Consolidated revenues	1,822,557us-gaap_Revenues	1,594,725us-gaap_Revenues	1,286,187us-gaap_Revenues	1,118,894us-gaap_Revenues	1,655,339us-gaap_Revenues	1,582,078us-gaap_Revenues	1,279,422us-gaap_Revenues	1,162,756us-gaap_Revenues	5,822,363us-gaap_Revenues	5,679,595us-gaap_Revenues	4,819,998us-gaap_Revenues
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Homebuilding	254,118	214,051	58,573	108,435	225,511	163,594	21,971	68,037	635,177	479,113	157,991
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes	267,120	224,928	67,681	130,029	232,420	174,722	38,330	82,350	689,758	527,822	183,554
Northeast [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									710,859	819,709	755,148
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									103,865	110,246	73,345
Southeast [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									949,635	842,921	691,113
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									156,513	121,055	64,678
Florida [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									917,956	802,665	628,997
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									190,441	139,673	73,472
Texas [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									859,165	835,473	682,929
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									133,005	111,431	60,979
North [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									1,436,500	1,232,814	1,022,633
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									197,230	164,348	84,597
Southwest [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									822,610	1,005,062	878,290
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									136,357	179,163	79,887
Other Homebuilding [Member]
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									(282,234)	(346,803)	(278,967)
Financial Services [Member]
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									$ 54,581	$ 48,709	$ 25,563