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The aggregate financial services revenue and operating interest income earned during the reporting period.

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to domestic operations.

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The aggregate revenue from real estate operations during the reporting period.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Segment Information (Operating Data By Segment) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenues:
Homebuilding	$ 2,018,194	$ 1,467,780	$ 1,249,537	$ 1,105,700	$ 1,786,464	$ 1,561,273	$ 1,254,989	$ 1,093,999	$ 5,841,211	$ 5,696,725	$ 5,538,644
Financial Services	43,434	38,967	30,754	27,598	36,093	33,452	31,198	24,895	140,753	125,638	140,951
Consolidated revenues	2,061,628	1,506,747	1,280,291	1,133,298	1,822,557	1,594,725	1,286,187	1,118,894	5,981,964	5,822,363	5,679,595
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Homebuilding	344,019	164,911	157,640	90,748	254,118	214,051	58,573	108,435	757,317	635,177	479,113
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes	$ 373,315	$ 179,276	$ 167,627	$ 95,805	$ 267,120	$ 224,928	$ 67,681	$ 130,029	816,023	689,758	527,822
Northeast [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									682,112	710,859	819,709
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									82,616	103,865	110,246
Southeast [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									1,058,089	949,635	842,921
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									172,330	156,513	121,055
Florida [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									1,019,733	917,956	802,665
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									196,525	190,441	139,673
Texas [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									845,772	859,165	835,473
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									121,329	133,005	111,431
Midwest [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									1,020,691	872,241	791,537
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									91,745	78,863	84,551
West [Member]
Revenues:
Homebuilding									1,214,814	1,386,869	1,446,339
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									169,394	254,724	258,960
Other Homebuilding [Member]
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									(76,622)	(282,234)	(346,803)
Financial Services [Member]
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes									$ 58,706	$ 54,581	$ 48,709