Note 8 - Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories Owned [Table Text Block]

	September 30, 2015
	Southeast		Southwest		West		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	840,926	$	340,918	$	1,079,353	$	2,261,197
Homes completed and under construction		346,696		269,667		683,248		1,299,611
Model homes		77,201		35,844		131,600		244,645
Total inventories owned	$	1,264,823	$	646,429	$	1,894,201	$	3,805,453

	December 31, 2014
	Southeast		Southwest		West		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	722,166	$	339,625	$	1,186,498	$	2,248,289
Homes completed and under construction		258,132		223,032		346,448		827,612
Model homes		53,103		36,199		90,001		179,303
Total inventories owned	$	1,033,401	$	598,856	$	1,622,947	$	3,255,204

Inventory Real Estate Not Owned [Table Text Block]

		September 30,		December 31,
		2015		2014
		(Dollars in thousands)
Land purchase and lot option deposits		$	44,241	$	47,472
Other lot option contracts, net of deposits			3,092		37,681
	Total inventories not owned	$	47,333	$	85,153