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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Provision for Income Taxes |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2010 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2009 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 45,112 |  |  | $ | 96,449 |  |  | $ | 69,911 |
State |  |  | 8,004 |  |  |  | 12,468 |  |  |  | 8,556 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 21,492 |  |  |  | 6,352 |  |  |  | 23,474 |
State |  |  | 3,548 |  |  |  | 1,119 |  |  |  | 4,293 |
|  | $ | 78,156 |  |  | $ | 116,388 |  |  | $ | 106,234 |
Income Tax Benefits in Shareholders' Equity |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2010 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2009 |
Income tax benefits arising from compensation expense for tax purposes in excess of amounts recognized for financial statement purposes |  | $ | 22,835 |  |  | $ | 63,558 |  |  | $ | 66,448 |
Deferred Income Taxes on Consolidated Balance Sheet |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other accrued expenses and contract land deposit reserve |  | $ | 83,744 |  |  | $ | 96,459 |
Deferred compensation |  |  | 10,939 |  |  |  | 11,642 |
Equity-based compensation expense |  |  | 35,417 |  |  |  | 49,469 |
Inventory |  |  | 6,622 |  |  |  | 5,495 |
Unrecognized tax benefit |  |  | 25,594 |  |  |  | 24,514 |
Other |  |  | 4,228 |  |  |  | 5,856 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 166,544 |  |  |  | 193,435 |
Less: deferred tax liabilities |  |  | 2,128 |  |  |  | 948 |
Net deferred tax position |  | $ | 164,416 |  |  | $ | 192,487 |
Income Tax Expense Reconciliation |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2010 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2009 |
Income taxes computed at the Federal statutory rate |  | $ | 72,652 |  |  | $ | 112,838 |  |  | $ | 104,445 |
State income taxes, net of Federal income tax benefit |  |  | 8,071 |  |  |  | 7,731 |  |  |  | 7,467 |
Other, net |  |  | (2,567 | ) |  |  | (4,181 | ) |  |  | (5,678 | )
|  | $ | 78,156 |  |  | $ | 116,388 |  |  | $ | 106,234 |
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2011 |  |  | Year Ended December 31, 2010 |
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 44,722 |  |  | $ | 48,669 |
Additions for tax positions for prior years |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  |  | 3,291 |  |  |  | 4,092 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years |  |  | (2,964 | ) |  |  | (8,039 | )
Settlements |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 45,049 |  |  | $ | 44,722 |

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