Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 2,954,957	$ 2,710,365	$ 7,843,718	$ 7,196,044
Homebuilding Cost of Revenues:
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	(271,257)	(270,625)	(731,785)	(782,791)
Goodwill impairment	0	0	(20,190)	0
Other income (expense), net	(4,483)	(5,108)	(12,292)	(9,581)
Income before income taxes	484,167	366,146	1,204,944	903,625
Income tax expense	(67,769)	(93,042)	(236,216)	(222,723)
Net income	$ 416,398	$ 273,104	$ 968,728	$ 680,902
Per share:
Basic earnings (usd per share)	$ 1.54	$ 0.99	$ 3.57	$ 2.44
Diluted earnings (usd per share)	1.54	0.99	3.56	2.44
Cash dividends declared (usd per share)	$ 0.12	$ 0.11	$ 0.36	$ 0.33
Number of shares used in calculation:
Basic shares outstanding (shares)	268,363	272,992	268,892	275,734
Effect of dilutive securities (shares)	598	640	839	858
Diluted shares outstanding (shares)	268,961	273,632	269,731	276,592
Home sale
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 2,823,921	$ 2,637,002	$ 7,517,453	$ 6,990,417
Homebuilding Cost of Revenues:
Cost of revenues	(2,131,741)	(2,028,622)	(5,706,814)	(5,369,568)
Land sale and other
Revenues:
Revenues	24,165	8,548	70,042	40,993
Homebuilding Cost of Revenues:
Cost of revenues	(20,502)	(7,350)	(55,558)	(35,615)
Total Homebuilding
Revenues:
Revenues	2,848,086	2,645,550	7,587,495	7,031,410
Homebuilding Cost of Revenues:
Financial services expenses	(2,152,243)	(2,035,972)	(5,762,372)	(5,405,183)
Financial Services
Revenues:
Revenues	106,871	64,815	256,223	164,634
Homebuilding Cost of Revenues:
Financial services expenses	$ (42,807)	$ (32,514)	$ (112,135)	$ (94,864)