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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Other Expense, Net | Other expense, net consists of the following ($000’s omitted):
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Write-offs of deposits and pre-acquisition costs (Note 2) | $ | (12,390) |  |  | $ | (13,116) |  |  | $ | (16,992) |
Amortization of intangible assets (Note 1) | (19,685) |  |  | (14,200) |  |  | (13,800) |
Loss on debt retirement (Note 5) | — |  |  | (4,927) |  |  | (76) |
Interest income | 6,837 |  |  | 16,739 |  |  | 7,593 |
Interest expense | (4,248) |  |  | (584) |  |  | (618) |
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated entities (Note 4) | 1,880 |  |  | 747 |  |  | 2,690 |
Miscellaneous, net | 9,780 |  |  | 1,865 |  |  | 7,354 |
Total other expense, net | $ | (17,826) |  |  | $ | (13,476) |  |  | $ | (13,849) |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share of Common Stock | The following table presents a reconciliation of the numerator used in our earnings per common share calculation ($000's omitted):
| December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 1,406,839 |  |  | $ | 1,016,700 |  |  | $ | 1,022,023 |
Less: earnings distributed to participating securities | (1,106) |  |  | (1,228) |  |  | (1,208) |
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities | (11,348) |  |  | (9,143) |  |  | (9,984) |
Numerator for basic earnings per share | $ | 1,394,385 |  |  | $ | 1,006,329 |  |  | $ | 1,010,831 |
Add: undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities | 11,348 |  |  | 9,143 |  |  | 9,984 |
Less: undistributed earnings reallocated to participating securities | (11,312) |  |  | (9,117) |  |  | (9,939) |
Numerator for diluted earnings per share | $ | 1,394,421 |  |  | $ | 1,006,355 |  |  | $ | 1,010,876 |
Schedule Of Company Interests In Land Option Agreements | The following provides a summary of our interests in land option agreements ($000’s omitted):
| December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
| Deposits and Pre-acquisition Costs |  | Remaining Purchase Price |  | Deposits and Pre-acquisition Costs |  | Remaining Purchase Price
Land options with VIEs | $ | 126,900 |  |  | $ | 1,586,551 |  |  | $ | 123,775 |  |  | $ | 1,466,585 |
Other land options | 164,964 |  |  | 2,187,017 |  |  | 175,662 |  |  | 1,755,377 |
| $ | 291,864 |  |  | $ | 3,773,568 |  |  | $ | 299,437 |  |  | $ | 3,221,962 |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value | The fair values of derivative instruments and their location in the Consolidated Balance Sheets are summarized below ($000’s omitted):
| December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
| Other Assets |  | Other Liabilities |  | Other Assets |  | Other Liabilities
Interest rate lock commitments | $ | 16,179 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 8,351 |  |  | $ | 149 |
Forward contracts | 501 |  |  | 5,937 |  |  | 299 |  |  | 1,372 |
Whole loan commitments | 168 |  |  | 666 |  |  | 880 |  |  | 284 |
| $ | 16,848 |  |  | $ | 6,621 |  |  | $ | 9,530 |  |  | $ | 1,805 |

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