Real Estate Inventories - Summary of Real Estate Inventories (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Real estate inventories owned:
Homes completed or under construction	$ 461,712us-gaap_InventoryHomesUnderConstruction	$ 308,856us-gaap_InventoryHomesUnderConstruction
Land under development	1,391,303	760,731
Land held for future development	245,673	264,120
Model homes	103,270tph_InventoryModelHomes	53,351tph_InventoryModelHomes
Total real estate inventories owned	2,201,958tph_InventoryRealEstateOwned	1,387,058tph_InventoryRealEstateOwned
Real estate inventories not owned:
Land purchase and land option deposits	44,155	38,788
Consolidated inventory held by VIEs	34,070	39,680
Total real estate inventories not owned	78,225tph_InventoryRealEstateNotOwned	78,468tph_InventoryRealEstateNotOwned
Total real estate inventories	$ 2,280,183us-gaap_InventoryOperativeBuilders	$ 1,465,526us-gaap_InventoryOperativeBuilders

Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of capitalized construction costs of model homes for future sale.

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The net carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the sum of the various components of an operative builder's not owned inventory.

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The net carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the sum of the various components of an operative builder's owned inventory.

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The net carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of capitalized construction costs held as inventory at variable interest entities.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of capitalized construction costs of homes for future sale.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6(a))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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-Number 210

-Section 02

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-Article 5

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Carrying amount net of impairment reserves as of the balance sheet date primarily consisting of deposits for land purchases (including option payments), related acquisition costs, and land which is not expected to be developed in the next two years.

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The net carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the sum of the various components of an operative builder's inventory, including finished homes. Operative builders primarily consist of entities that develop land, construct residential homes and commercial and industrial buildings thereon, and sell them to home buyers and operators of the commercial and industrial properties.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date, net of valuation allowances and impairment losses, of costs of land expected to be developed in the near term plus capitalized costs of development, for purposes of selling completed units to home buyers or commercial or industrial entities..

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The carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of land not owned but under a contract in which the entity has an option to purchase the land.

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