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Segment Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2011
Segment Information [Abstract] |
Operating Data By Segment |
|  | Operating Data by Segment ($000's omitted) |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | 379,662 |  |  | $ | 321,817 |  |  | $ | 951,918 |  |  | $ | 1,108,220 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 342,860 |  |  |  | 277,699 |  |  |  | 878,448 |  |  |  | 881,906 |
West |  |  | 391,505 |  |  |  | 431,239 |  |  |  | 972,259 |  |  |  | 1,300,156 |
|  |  | 1,114,027 |  |  |  | 1,030,755 |  |  |  | 2,802,625 |  |  |  | 3,290,282 |
Financial Services |  |  | 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: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | 14,941 |  |  | $ | 3,797 |  |  | $ | 29,392 |  |  | $ | 45,081 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 30,068 |  |  |  | (17,075 | ) |  |  | 47,310 |  |  |  | (3,336 | )
West |  |  | 33,444 |  |  |  | (21,276 | ) |  |  | 11,500 |  |  |  | 4,946 |
Other homebuilding (a) |  |  | (285,936 | ) |  |  | (985,695 | ) |  |  | (364,325 | ) |  |  | (1,066,977 | )
|  |  | (207,483 | ) |  |  | (1,020,249 | ) |  |  | (276,123 | ) |  |  | (1,020,286 | )
Financial Services (b) |  |  | 8,683 |  |  |  | 3,463 |  |  |  | (6,987 | ) |  |  | 350 |
Other non-operating (c) |  |  | (3,700 | ) |  |  | (7,051 | ) |  |  | (18,115 | ) |  |  | (24,135 | )
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes |  | $ | (202,500 | ) |  | $ | (1,023,837 | ) |  | $ | (301,225 | ) |  | $ | (1,044,071 | )
(a) | Other homebuilding primarily includes the amortization of intangible assets, goodwill impairment, and amortization of capitalized interest.
(b) | 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.
(c) | 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.
Valuation Adjustments And Write-Offs By Segment |
|  | Valuation Adjustments and Write-Offs by Segment ($000's omitted) |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Land and community valuation adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | 526 |  |  | $ | 4,974 |  |  | $ | 795 |  |  | $ | 5,451 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | — |  |  |  | 20,938 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 28,965 |
West |  |  | — |  |  |  | 23,926 |  |  |  | 1,818 |  |  |  | 39,294 |
Other homebuilding (a) |  |  | 968 |  |  |  | 7,615 |  |  |  | 2,284 |  |  |  | 13,826 |
|  | $ | 1,494 |  |  | $ | 57,453 |  |  | $ | 4,897 |  |  | $ | 87,536 |
Net realizable value adjustments—land held for sale: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 186 |  |  |  | 143 |  |  |  | 507 |
West |  |  | — |  |  |  | 462 |  |  |  | (249 | ) |  |  | 521 |
|  | $ | 143 |  |  | $ | 648 |  |  | $ | (106 | ) |  | $ | 1,028 |
Write-off of deposits and pre-acquisition costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | 533 |  |  | $ | 894 |  |  | $ | 2,724 |  |  | $ | 1,109 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | 53 |  |  |  | 282 |  |  |  | 548 |
West |  |  | 1,660 |  |  |  | 186 |  |  |  | 3,622 |  |  |  | 2,328 |
|  | $ | 2,296 |  |  | $ | 1,133 |  |  | $ | 6,628 |  |  | $ | 3,985 |
Impairments of investments in unconsolidated joint ventures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
East |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Gulf Coast |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
West |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,908 |
|  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,908 |
Total valuation adjustments and write-offs |  | $ | 3,933 |  |  | $ | 59,234 |  |  | $ | 11,419 |  |  | $ | 94,457 |
(a) | Primarily write-offs of capitalized interest related to land and community valuation adjustments.
Total Assets And Inventory By Reportable Segment |
|  | September 30, 2011 |
|  | Homes Under Construction |  |  | Land Under Development |  |  | Land Held for Future Development |  |  | Total Inventory |  |  | Total Assets |
East |  | $ | 508,909 |  |  | $ | 761,701 |  |  | $ | 256,517 |  |  | $ | 1,527,127 |  |  | $ | 1,691,242 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 309,122 |  |  |  | 585,266 |  |  |  | 208,545 |  |  |  | 1,102,933 |  |  |  | 1,245,297 |
West |  |  | 570,875 |  |  |  | 954,944 |  |  |  | 315,364 |  |  |  | 1,841,183 |  |  |  | 2,020,661 |
Other homebuilding (a) |  |  | 56,407 |  |  |  | 280,943 |  |  |  | 81,075 |  |  |  | 418,425 |  |  |  | 585,373 |
|  |  | 1,445,313 |  |  |  | 2,582,854 |  |  |  | 861,501 |  |  |  | 4,889,668 |  |  |  | 5,542,573 |
Financial Services |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 207,379 |
Other non-operating (b) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,478,702 |
|  | $ | 1,445,313 |  |  | $ | 2,582,854 |  |  | $ | 861,501 |  |  | $ | 4,889,668 |  |  | $ | 7,228,654 |
|  | December 31, 2010 |
|  | Homes Under Construction |  |  | Land Under Development |  |  | Land Held for Future Development |  |  | Total Inventory |  |  | Total Assets |
East |  | $ | 455,637 |  |  | $ | 762,778 |  |  | $ | 262,653 |  |  | $ | 1,481,068 |  |  | $ | 1,682,442 |
Gulf Coast |  |  | 313,734 |  |  |  | 555,384 |  |  |  | 239,950 |  |  |  | 1,109,068 |  |  |  | 1,294,738 |
West |  |  | 518,427 |  |  |  | 963,259 |  |  |  | 329,108 |  |  |  | 1,810,794 |  |  |  | 1,966,986 |
Other homebuilding (a) |  |  | 43,820 |  |  |  | 260,408 |  |  |  | 76,655 |  |  |  | 380,883 |  |  |  | 798,285 |
|  |  | 1,331,618 |  |  |  | 2,541,829 |  |  |  | 908,366 |  |  |  | 4,781,813 |  |  |  | 5,742,451 |
Financial Services |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 222,989 |
Other non-operating (b) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,733,936 |
|  | $ | 1,331,618 |  |  | $ | 2,541,829 |  |  | $ | 908,366 |  |  | $ | 4,781,813 |  |  | $ | 7,699,376 |
(a) | Other homebuilding primarily includes capitalized interest, goodwill, and intangibles.
(b) | Other non-operating primarily includes cash and equivalents, income taxes receivable, and other corporate items that are not allocated to the operating segments.

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