Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Homebuilding
Home sale revenues	$ 1,585,421	$ 1,394,243
Land sale revenues	1,640	2,487
Total homebuilding revenues	1,587,061	1,396,730
Financial Services	41,767	35,848
Consolidated revenues	1,628,828	1,432,578
Homebuilding Cost of Revenues:
Home sale cost of revenues	(1,217,678)	(1,038,028)
Land sale cost of revenues	(3,228)	(2,028)
Total cost of revenues	(1,220,906)	(1,040,056)
Financial Services expenses	(28,367)	(26,119)
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	(236,268)	(242,316)
Other expense, net	(4,022)	(5,874)
Income before income taxes	139,265	118,213
Income tax expense	47,747	34,913
Net income	$ 91,518	$ 83,300
Per share:
Basic earnings (usd per share)	$ 0.29	$ 0.24
Diluted earnings (usd per share)	0.28	0.24
Cash dividends declared (usd per share)	$ 0.09	$ 0.09
Number of shares used in calculation:
Basic shares outstanding (shares)	317,756	347,815
Effect of dilutive securities (shares)	2,329	2,662
Diluted shares outstanding (shares)	320,085	350,477