Note 4 - Segment Reporting - Segment Financial Information Relating to Homebuilding Assets and Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Homebuilding [Member] | North [Member]
Assets		$ 1,158,975
Homebuilding [Member] | Southeast [Member]
Assets		2,189,173
Homebuilding [Member] | Southwest [Member]
Assets		1,874,226
Homebuilding [Member] | West [Member]
Assets		2,613,248
Homebuilding [Member] | Corporate, Non-Segment [Member]
Assets	[1]	529,599
Homebuilding [Member]
Assets		8,365,221	$ 7,921,356
Assets		$ 8,632,461	$ 8,345,505

[1] The assets in our Corporate Segment include cash and cash equivalents and our deferred tax asset, and at December 31, 2015 included $0.9 billion of goodwill recorded in connection with our merger with Ryland. During the 2016 second quarter, recorded goodwill was allocated to the Company's reporting units (as of September 30, 2016, approximately $0.3 billion was included in each of the North, Southeast and Southwest segments, and approximately $0.1 billion was included in the West segment).