Note 7 - Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories Owned [Table Text Block]

	September 30, 2013
	California		Southwest		Southeast		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	785,752	$	387,392	$	462,867	$	1,636,011
Homes completed and under construction		285,306		167,066		194,899		647,271
Model homes		80,808		26,822		19,737		127,367
Total inventories owned	$	1,151,866	$	581,280	$	677,503	$	2,410,649

	December 31, 2012
	California		Southwest		Southeast		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	778,419	$	352,705	$	313,037	$	1,444,161
Homes completed and under construction		240,236		93,265		93,695		427,196
Model homes		67,504		15,231		17,326		100,061
Total inventories owned	$	1,086,159	$	461,201	$	424,058	$	1,971,418

Inventory Real Estate Not Owned [Table Text Block]

	September 30, 2013		December 31, 2012
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land purchase and lot option deposits	$	34,581	$	23,803
Other lot option contracts, net of deposits		69,153		47,492
Total inventories not owned	$	103,734	$	71,295