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Inventory - Fair Value Unobservable Inputs (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) home	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) home
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Impairment Charges	$ 5,386	$ 0
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 | Minimum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Discount rate	0.12
Measurement Input, Discount Rate | Maximum
Fair Value Inputs, Assets, Quantitative Information [Line Items] (Deprecated 2018-01-31)
Discount rate	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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118932676&loc=d3e3602-108585

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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