Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Real Estate and Capitalized Interest (Details Textual)

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Real Estate and Capitalized Interest (Details Textual) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Communities
Mar. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2012
Mar. 31, 2013
Parcel B [Member]
Mar. 31, 2013
Parcel A [Member]
Jun. 30, 2012
Under Contract [Member]
Mar. 31, 2013
Central [Member]
Mothballed [Member]
Communities
Mar. 31, 2013
West [Member]
Mothballed [Member]
Mar. 31, 2013
Las Vegas Wind-down [Member]
Lot
Communities
Real Estate and Capitalized Interest [Line Items]                  
Carrying value of the community             $ 3,300,000 $ 34,300,000  
Number of mothball communities             2 7  
Number of remaining actively selling communities 168               0
Number of lots remaining to sell                 22
Value of remaining lots and associated home inventory                 4,100,000
Value of remaining assets related to properties not being developed                 12,600,000
Impairment Charges 46,000 293,000              
Land Available-for-sale 22,430,000   21,650,000     6,500,000      
Real Estate and Capitalized Interest (Textual) [Abstract]                  
Capitalized interest related to joint venture investments 537,000   539,000            
Parcel of land under contract cash collected       $ 3,200,000 $ 2,400,000