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Segment Information (Operating Data By Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011 | Sep. 30, 2010 | Sep. 30, 2011 | Sep. 30, 2010
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate revenue | $ 1,114,027 |  | $ 1,030,755 |  | $ 2,802,625 |  | $ 3,290,282 |
Financial services revenue | 27,904 |  | 27,009 |  | 71,720 |  | 93,738 |
Consolidated revenues | 1,141,931 |  | 1,057,764 |  | 2,874,345 |  | 3,384,020 |
Income (loss) before income taxes, excluding financial services | (207,483) |  | (1,020,249) |  | (276,123) |  | (1,020,286) |
Other non-operating | (3,700) | [1] | (7,051) | [1] | (18,115) | [1] | (24,135) | [1]
Income (loss) before income taxes | (202,500) |  | (1,023,837) |  | (301,225) |  | (1,044,071) |
Interest expense | 322 |  | 789 |  | 990 |  | 2,289 |
Interest income | 1,122 |  | 2,601 |  | 3,704 |  | 7,672 |
East [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate revenue | 379,662 |  | 321,817 |  | 951,918 |  | 1,108,220 |
Income (loss) before income taxes, excluding financial services | 14,941 |  | 3,797 |  | 29,392 |  | 45,081 |
Gulf Coast [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate revenue | 342,860 |  | 277,699 |  | 878,448 |  | 881,906 |
Income (loss) before income taxes, excluding financial services | 30,068 |  | (17,075) |  | 47,310 |  | (3,336) |
West [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Real estate revenue | 391,505 |  | 431,239 |  | 972,259 |  | 1,300,156 |
Income (loss) before income taxes, excluding financial services | 33,444 |  | (21,276) |  | 11,500 |  | 4,946 |
Financial Services [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Financial services revenue | 27,904 |  | 27,009 |  | 71,720 |  | 93,738 |
Income (loss) before income taxes, financial services | 8,683 | [2] | 3,463 | [2] | (6,987) | [2] | 350 | [2]
Interest expense |  |  | 800 |  |  |  | 1,900 |
Interest income | 1,400 |  | 1,600 |  | 3,400 |  | 4,500 |
Other Homebuilding [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income (loss) before income taxes, excluding financial services | $ (285,936) | [3] | $ (985,695) | [3] | $ (364,325) | [3] | $ (1,066,977) | [3]
[1] | Other non-operating includes the costs of certain shared services that benefit all operating segments, a portion of which are not allocated to the operating segments reported above.
[2] | Financial Services income before income taxes includes interest expense of $0.8 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. Interest income included in Financial Services income before income taxes totaled $1.4 million and $3.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, and $1.6 million and $4.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively.
[3] | Other homebuilding primarily includes the amortization of intangible assets, goodwill impairment, and amortization of capitalized interest.

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