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Variable Interest Entities - Total Risk Related to Lot Options (Parenthetical) (Detail) | Mar. 31, 2014 Lot | Dec. 31, 2013 Lot
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Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract] |  |
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