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Real Estate and Capitalized Interest (Details Textual) (USD $)
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3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |||||||||||
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Sep. 30, 2012
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Dec. 31, 2012
Communities
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Dec. 31, 2011
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Dec. 31, 2010
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Dec. 31, 2012
Under Contract [Member]
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Jun. 30, 2012
Under Contract [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2011
Central [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2010
Central [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2012
Central [Member]
Mothballed [Member]
Communities
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Dec. 31, 2011
West [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2010
West [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2012
West [Member]
Mothballed [Member]
Communities
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Dec. 31, 2012
Las Vegas Wind-down [Member]
Communities
Lot
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Dec. 31, 2012
Las Vegas Wind-down [Member]
Maximum [Member]
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Dec. 31, 2012
Las Vegas Wind-down [Member]
Minimum [Member]
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| Real Estate and Capitalized Interest [Line Items] | |||||||||||||||
| Number of mothball communities | 2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Carrying value of the community | $ 3,400,000 | $ 35,100,000 | |||||||||||||
| Change in Number of properties in mothball Status | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Change in Amount of properties in mothball Status | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Impairment charges related to communities | 0 | 3,913,000 | 1,897,000 | 150,000 | 1,502,000 | 3,408,000 | 395,000 | ||||||||
| Number of lots remaining to sell | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Number of communities to which homes are sold | 158 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Value of remaining lots and associated home inventory | 4,800,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction completion period | 9 months | 6 months | |||||||||||||
| Value of remaining assets related to properties not being developed | 17,800,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Land held for sale | 21,650,000 | 29,908,000 | 2,400,000 | 6,500,000 | |||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of land held for sale under contract | 3,300,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Capitalized interest related to joint venture investments | $ 539,000 | $ 750,000 | |||||||||||||