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Variable Interest Entities - Total Risk Related to Lot Options (Parenthetical) (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2013 Lot	Dec. 31, 2012 Lot
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Finished lots committed to purchase under specific performance obligations	13	71

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