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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Schedule Of The Company's Interests In Land Option Agreements) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Land under option agreement [Line Items]
Deposits and Pre-acquisition Costs	$ 133,988us-gaap_PurchaseOptionsLand	$ 127,280us-gaap_PurchaseOptionsLand
Remaining Purchase Price	1,992,160phm_RemainingPurchasePriceOfAllLandOptionAgreements	1,890,585phm_RemainingPurchasePriceOfAllLandOptionAgreements
Land, Not Owned, Under Option Agreements	62,261us-gaap_LandUnderPurchaseOptionsRecorded	30,186us-gaap_LandUnderPurchaseOptionsRecorded
Land options with VIEs
Land under option agreement [Line Items]
Deposits and Pre-acquisition Costs	56,879us-gaap_PurchaseOptionsLand / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = phm_ConsolidatedandUnconsolidatedVIEsMember	56,039us-gaap_PurchaseOptionsLand / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = phm_ConsolidatedandUnconsolidatedVIEsMember
Remaining Purchase Price	891,732phm_RemainingPurchasePriceOfAllLandOptionAgreements / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = phm_ConsolidatedandUnconsolidatedVIEsMember	891,506phm_RemainingPurchasePriceOfAllLandOptionAgreements / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = phm_ConsolidatedandUnconsolidatedVIEsMember
Land, Not Owned, Under Option Agreements	35,819us-gaap_LandUnderPurchaseOptionsRecorded / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = phm_ConsolidatedandUnconsolidatedVIEsMember	12,533us-gaap_LandUnderPurchaseOptionsRecorded / us-gaap_VariableInterestEntitiesByClassificationOfEntityAxis = phm_ConsolidatedandUnconsolidatedVIEsMember
Other Land Option Agreements Member
Land under option agreement [Line Items]
Deposits and Pre-acquisition Costs	77,109us-gaap_PurchaseOptionsLand / phm_LandOptionAgreementAxis = phm_OtherLandOptionAgreementsMember	71,241us-gaap_PurchaseOptionsLand / phm_LandOptionAgreementAxis = phm_OtherLandOptionAgreementsMember
Remaining Purchase Price	1,100,428phm_RemainingPurchasePriceOfAllLandOptionAgreements / phm_LandOptionAgreementAxis = phm_OtherLandOptionAgreementsMember	999,079phm_RemainingPurchasePriceOfAllLandOptionAgreements / phm_LandOptionAgreementAxis = phm_OtherLandOptionAgreementsMember
Land, Not Owned, Under Option Agreements	$ 26,442us-gaap_LandUnderPurchaseOptionsRecorded / phm_LandOptionAgreementAxis = phm_OtherLandOptionAgreementsMember	$ 17,653us-gaap_LandUnderPurchaseOptionsRecorded / phm_LandOptionAgreementAxis = phm_OtherLandOptionAgreementsMember

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Remaining Purchase Price Of All Land Option Agreements

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The carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of land not owned but under a contract in which the entity has an option to purchase the land.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6(a))

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Carrying amount of an option or options to acquire real property.

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