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Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Other Assets and Accrued and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Assets | Other assets are presented below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Accounts and notes receivable: |  |  |
Insurance receivables (Note 12) | $ | 307,344 |  |  | $ | 362,680 |
Notes receivable | 29,111 |  |  | 28,288 |
Other receivables | 90,714 |  |  | 81,581 |
| 427,169 |  |  | 472,549 |
Prepaid expenses | 106,748 |  |  | 109,113 |
Deposits and pre-acquisition costs (Note 1) | 195,436 |  |  | 162,119 |
Property and equipment, net (Note 1) | 77,444 |  |  | 86,312 |
Income taxes receivable (Note 9) | 9,272 |  |  | 25,080 |
Other | 41,357 |  |  | 38,172 |
| $ | 857,426 |  |  | $ | 893,345 |
Schedule of Accrued and Other Liabilities | Accrued and other liabilities are presented below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Self-insurance liabilities (Note 12) | $ | 831,058 |  |  | $ | 924,563 |
Loan origination liabilities (Note 12) | 35,114 |  |  | 46,381 |
Compensation-related liabilities | 123,730 |  |  | 124,798 |
Warranty liabilities (Note 12) | 66,134 |  |  | 61,179 |
Community development district obligations (Note 12) | 8,875 |  |  | 11,964 |
Accrued interest | 50,793 |  |  | 20,541 |
Limited recourse notes payable | 19,282 |  |  | 35,336 |
Dividends payable | 29,102 |  |  | 31,568 |
Other | 284,906 |  |  | 260,453 |
| $ | 1,448,994 |  |  | $ | 1,516,783 |

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