Note 6 - Inventories (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories Owned [Table Text Block]

	December 31, 2015
	North		Southeast		Southwest		West		Total
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land and land under development	$	370,584	$	1,169,350	$	687,792	$	1,318,563	$	3,546,289
Homes completed and under construction		266,967		464,668		599,183		708,779	$	2,039,597
Model homes		66,100		119,283		113,549		185,141	$	484,073
Total inventories owned	$	703,651	$	1,753,301	$	1,400,524	$	2,212,483	$	6,069,959

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

Inventory Real Estate Not Owned [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2015		2014
	(Dollars in thousands)
Land purchase and lot option deposits	$	82,693	$	47,472
Other lot option contracts, net of deposits		553		37,681
Total inventories not owned	$	83,246	$	85,153