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Inventory And Land Held For Sale Inventory And Land Held For Sale (Fair Value Unobservable Inputs) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Minimum [Member] |
Fair Value, Option, Quantitative Disclosures [Line Items] |
Average selling price ($000s) | $ 194
Sales pace per quarter (units) | 1
Discount rate | 12.00%
Maximum [Member] |
Fair Value, Option, Quantitative Disclosures [Line Items] |
Average selling price ($000s) | $ 626
Sales pace per quarter (units) | 7
Discount rate | 12.00%

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- Definition Average selling price of homes sold during period (home closing revenues divided by number of home closings) + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Sales pace - number of homes sold per community during period + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (bbb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7578670&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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