Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information

The following information is in thousands:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Revenue
West	$	99,092	$	55,502	$	247,726	$	131,841
East	98,930		77,895		255,940		186,527
Southeast	56,328		39,288		129,966		88,985
Pre-Owned	205		144		1,114		144
Continuing Operations	$	254,555	$	172,829	$	634,746	$	407,497

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Operating income/(loss)
West	$	2,719		$	(2,542	)	$	5,505		$	(28,567	)
East	197			1,905			344			1,462
Southeast	3,339			(3,381		)	5,304			(4,194		)
Pre-Owned	(29		)	(75		)	(229		)	(318		)
Segment total	6,226			(4,093		)	10,924			(31,617		)
Corporate and unallocated (a)	(27,381		)	(31,146		)	(66,472		)	(76,465		)
Total operating loss	(21,155		)	(35,239		)	(55,548		)	(108,082		)
Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated entities	48			63			(25		)	372
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt	—			95			(2,747		)	(2,909		)
Other expense, net (d)	(16,804		)	(17,085		)	(53,342		)	(46,616		)
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(37,911	)	$	(52,166	)	$	(111,662	)	$	(157,235	)

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Depreciation and amortization
West	$	1,685	$	1,160	$	3,555	$	2,282
East	728		544		2,038		1,517
Southeast	486		222		1,199		473
Pre-Owned	57		12		330		13
Segment total	2,956		1,938		7,122		4,285
Corporate and unallocated (a)	787		722		2,214		2,342
Continuing Operations	$	3,743	$	2,660	$	9,336	$	6,627

	Nine Months Ended
	June 30,
	2012		2011
Capital Expenditures
West	$	2,131	$	3,197
East	2,890		1,720
Southeast	1,620		1,189
Pre-Owned (b)	7,932		4,801
Corporate and unallocated	544		1,227
Consolidated total	$	15,117	$	12,134

	June 30, 2012		September 30, 2011
Assets
West	$	639,744	$	649,057
East	359,526		372,984
Southeast	180,240		162,135
Pre-Owned (b)	—		12,315
Corporate and unallocated (c)	647,238		780,986
Consolidated total	$	1,826,748	$	1,977,477

(a) Corporate and unallocated includes amortization of capitalized interest and numerous shared services functions that benefit all segments, the costs of which are not allocated to the operating segments reported above including information technology, national sourcing and purchasing, treasury, corporate finance, legal, branding and other national marketing costs. For the nine months ended June 30, 2012, corporate and unallocated also includes an $11 million recovery related to old water intrusion warranty and related legal expenditures.

(b) Pre-owned assets included the cost of previously owned homes, net of accumulated depreciation, totaling $11.3 million (120 homes) as of September 30, 2011. Capital expenditures represent the purchase of previously owned homes through May 2, 2012 and June 30, 2011, respectively.

(c) Primarily consists of cash and cash equivalents, consolidated inventory not owned, deferred taxes, capitalized interest and other items that are not allocated to the segments.

(d) The nine months ended June 30, 2011, includes a $6.8 million benefit related to the cash reimbursement from our former CEO in connection with his consent agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.