| Consolidated Statements of Operations [Abstract] | |
| Total revenues | 405.22M |
| Homebuilding: | |
| Revenues | 402.82M |
| Construction and land costs | -343.27M |
| Selling, general and administrative expenses | -59.1M |
| Loss on loan guaranty | |
| Operating loss | 454K |
| Interest income | 204K |
| Interest expense | -15.24M |
| Equity in loss of unconsolidated joint ventures | -435K |
| Homebuilding pretax loss | -15.02M |
| Financial services: | |
| Revenues | 2.4M |
| Expenses | -835K |
| Equity in income of unconsolidated joint venture | 1.09M |
| Financial services pretax income | 2.66M |
| Total pretax loss | |
| Income tax benefit (expense) | -100K |
| Net loss | -12.46M |
| Basic and diluted loss per share | |
| Basic and diluted average shares outstanding | |
| Cash dividends declared per common share | 0.03 |