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Inventory - Fair Value Unobservable Inputs (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) community	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) community	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) home community	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) home community
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Communities Impaired | community	2	2	2	2
Fair Value of Communities Impaired, Net of Impairment Charges	$ 2,610	$ 5,809	$ 2,610	$ 5,809
Impairment Charges	$ 5,919	$ 3,502	6,007	4,054
Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Average selling price ($000s)			$ 466	$ 512
Sales pace per quarter (units) | home			1	3
Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Average selling price ($000s)			$ 550	$ 586
Sales pace per quarter (units) | home			3	4
Measurement Input, Discount Rate
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Discount rate		0.12		0.12
Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Discount rate	0.12		0.12
Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Discount rate	0.14		0.14

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The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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