Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Homebuilding:
Home sale revenues	$ 511,059	$ 317,389	$ 1,300,493	$ 812,578
Land sale revenues	697	1,152	7,665	4,537
Total revenues	511,756	318,541	1,308,158	817,115
Cost of home sales	(381,694)	(253,344)	(993,809)	(647,525)
Cost of land sales	(672)	(1,092)	(7,671)	(4,458)
Total cost of sales	(382,366)	(254,436)	(1,001,480)	(651,983)
Gross margin	129,390	64,105	306,678	165,132
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(61,939)	(43,121)	(162,831)	(122,765)
Income (loss) from unconsolidated joint ventures	(32)	(39)	1,249	(2,707)
Interest expense		(1,669)		(5,816)
Other income (expense)	301	117	2,624	4,708
Homebuilding pretax income	67,720	19,393	147,720	38,552
Financial Services:
Revenues	5,839	5,218	18,927	14,249
Expenses	(3,590)	(2,777)	(10,394)	(7,952)
Other income	167	70	420	217
Financial services pretax income	2,416	2,511	8,953	6,514
Income before taxes	70,136	21,904	156,673	45,066
Provision for income taxes	(11,201)	(194)	(32,778)	(570)
Net income	58,935	21,710	123,895	44,496
Less: Net income allocated to preferred shareholder	(14,166)	(9,100)	(40,353)	(18,980)
Less: Net income allocated to unvested restricted stock	(90)	(22)	(169)	(31)
Net income available to common stockholders	$ 44,679	$ 12,588	$ 83,373	$ 25,485
Income Per Common Share:
Basic (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.16	$ 0.06	$ 0.34	$ 0.13
Diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.15	$ 0.05	$ 0.31	$ 0.12
Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding:
Basic (in Shares)	276,966,995	204,485,294	244,998,581	198,469,130
Diluted (in Shares)	314,897,098	235,273,648	283,189,878	210,441,932
Weighted average additional common shares outstanding if preferred shares converted to common shares (in Shares)	87,812,786	147,812,786	118,582,017	147,812,786
Total weighted average diluted common shares outstanding if preferred shares converted to common shares (in Shares)	402,709,884	383,086,434	401,771,895	358,254,718