Note 9 - Inventories - Inventories Owned (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Homebuilding: North [Member]
Land and land under development	[1]	$ 441,119	$ 370,584
Homes completed and under construction		341,535	266,967
Model homes		76,905	66,100
Total inventories owned		859,559	703,651
Homebuilding Southeast [Member]
Land and land under development	[1]	1,121,369	1,169,350
Homes completed and under construction		651,531	464,668
Model homes		131,147	119,283
Total inventories owned		1,904,047	1,753,301
Homebuilding Southwest [Member]
Land and land under development	[1]	631,520	687,792
Homes completed and under construction		713,662	599,183
Model homes		115,784	113,549
Total inventories owned		1,460,966	1,400,524
Homebuilding: West [Member]
Land and land under development	[1]	1,258,888	1,318,563
Homes completed and under construction		874,834	708,779
Model homes		174,753	185,141
Total inventories owned		2,308,475	2,212,483
Land and land under development	[1]	3,452,896	3,546,289
Homes completed and under construction		2,581,562	2,039,597
Model homes		498,589	484,073
Total inventories owned		$ 6,533,047	$ 6,069,959

[1] During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, we purchased $680.9 million of land (10,048 homesites), of which 25% (based on homesites) were located in the North, 25% in the Southeast, 25% in the Southwest, and 25% in the West. During the year ended December 31, 2015, we purchased $515.3 million of land (6,631 homesites) and acquired an additional 40,245 homesites as a result of the merger with Ryland. The homesites we purchased during 2015, other than through the merger, were located as follows: 12% (based on homesites) were located in the North, 39% in the Southeast, 18% in the Southwest, and 31% in the West.