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Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Assets | Other assets are presented below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
Accounts and notes receivable (Note 1) | $ | 123,268 |  |  | $ | 144,924 |
Prepaid expenses | 74,737 |  |  | 90,786 |
Deposits and pre-acquisition costs (Note 1) | 70,116 |  |  | 57,047 |
Property and equipment, net (Note 1) | 44,183 |  |  | 53,182 |
Income taxes receivable (Note 10) | 31,924 |  |  | 27,154 |
Other | 63,447 |  |  | 74,505 |
| $ | 407,675 |  |  | $ | 447,598 |
Schedule of Accrued and Other Liabilities | Accrued and other liabilities are presented below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
Self-insurance liabilities (Note 13) | $ | 721,284 |  |  | $ | 739,029 |
Loan origination liabilities (Note 13) | 164,280 |  |  | 128,330 |
Compensation-related | 119,206 |  |  | 87,583 |
Warranty (Note 13) | 64,098 |  |  | 68,025 |
Community development district obligations (Note 13) | 33,119 |  |  | 38,440 |
Liability for land, not owned, under option agreements (Note 1) | 31,066 |  |  | 24,905 |
Accrued interest | 28,713 |  |  | 37,943 |
Lease exit liabilities (Note 3) | 22,991 |  |  | 29,745 |
Other | 233,306 |  |  | 257,941 |
| $ | 1,418,063 |  |  | $ | 1,411,941 |

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