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Inventory and Capitalized Interest Inventory (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Inventory [Abstract] |
Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block] | A summary of the Company’s inventory as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 is as follows:
(In thousands) | March 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Single-family lots, land and land development costs | $ | 596,072 |  |  | $ | 584,542 |
Land held for sale | 13,801 |  |  | 12,630 |
Homes under construction | 439,328 |  |  | 420,206 |
Model homes and furnishings - at cost (less accumulated depreciation: March 31, 2016 - $9,432; December 31, 2015 - $8,296) | 69,243 |  |  | 63,929 |
Community development district infrastructure | 832 |  |  | 1,018 |
Land purchase deposits | 29,340 |  |  | 23,710 |
Consolidated inventory not owned | 4,921 |  |  | 6,007 |
Total inventory | $ | 1,153,537 |  |  | $ | 1,112,042 |
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Table Text Block] | The summary of capitalized interest for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands) | 2016 |  | 2015
Capitalized interest, beginning of period | $ | 16,740 |  |  | $ | 15,296 |
Interest capitalized to inventory | 3,756 |  |  | 3,785 |
Capitalized interest charged to land and housing costs and expenses | (3,544 | ) |  | (3,539 | )
Capitalized interest, end of period | $ | 16,952 |  |  | $ | 15,542 |
Interest incurred | $ | 9,021 |  |  | $ | 8,247 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of merchandise, goods, commodities, or supplies held for future sale or to be used in manufacturing, servicing or production process. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6361739&loc=d3e7789-107766 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 2 -Paragraph 6 -Subparagraph a,b,c -Article 5 + Details
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