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Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Assets | Other assets are presented below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Accounts and notes receivable: |  |  |
Insurance receivables (Note 12) | $ | 130,170 |  |  | $ | 60,598 |
Notes receivable | 28,288 |  |  | 30,699 |
Other receivables | 83,177 |  |  | 63,867 |
| 241,635 |  |  | 155,164 |
Prepaid expenses | 109,113 |  |  | 72,585 |
Deposits and pre-acquisition costs (Note 1) | 162,119 |  |  | 127,280 |
Property and equipment, net (Note 1) | 86,312 |  |  | 75,219 |
Income taxes receivable (Note 9) | 25,080 |  |  | 21,330 |
Other | 46,840 |  |  | 91,640 |
| $ | 671,099 |  |  | $ | 543,218 |
Schedule of Accrued and Other Liabilities | Accrued and other liabilities are presented below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Self-insurance liabilities (Note 12) | $ | 692,053 |  |  | $ | 710,245 |
Loan origination liabilities (Note 12) | 46,381 |  |  | 58,222 |
Compensation-related | 124,798 |  |  | 142,586 |
Warranty (Note 12) | 61,179 |  |  | 65,389 |
Community development district obligations (Note 12) | 11,964 |  |  | 17,122 |
Accrued interest | 20,541 |  |  | 20,446 |
Limited recourse notes payable | 35,336 |  |  | 22,255 |
Dividends payable | 31,568 |  |  | 29,682 |
Other | 260,453 |  |  | 277,827 |
| $ | 1,284,273 |  |  | $ | 1,343,774 |

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